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Last year, a landmark competition in Korean student equestrianism was held at Daemyung Vivaldi Park in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province. It is an international pony competition called CSIP,recognized by the International Federation of Equestrian Sports. It was opened at Daemyeong. We are also planning to hold the CSIP competition this year, but due to the Jung Yoo-ra case, we are unable to make a final decision at this time. If it is held, this year we can present an even more upgraded version than last year.

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Starting this year, we’ll have a lot of youth matches. We plan to divide them by region and hold many matches, including preliminary rounds for the club league. If the competition footage filmed here were broadcast live, people anywhere in the country could watch equestrian competitions from other regions. You can watch the youth competition held on Imjado, Sinan, Jeollanam-do, without having to go in person to Gangneung, Gangwon Province, where a student equestrian athlete is competing. The Student Equestrian Association does not intend to take the lead in organizing competitions

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Because he was said to be close with Executive Director Park Won-oh and Director Park Jae-hong, he was pushed around and around, and before anyone knew it he had become Choi Soon-sil’s man. But that’s absolutely not true. I hardly ever met Executive Director Park Won-oh, and since Director Park Jae-hong and I are senior and junior in the equestrian world, I just greeted him.After taking charge of the Student Equestrian Association, I hardly made any contact. It was exaggerated that I was close with Executive Director Park. The Student Equestrian Association has nothing to do with politics.

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Ultimately, it was finally changed to be held within the Korea Racing Authority, and the association decided to handle everything directly, from organizing the event to setting up the venue. There was a budget previously secured for things like installing stands and LED lighting needed to hold the event at a different location, but it seems that during the process of executing it, criticism arose over what appeared to be careless management.And I can somewhat relate to the shortcomings in management as well.

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In the equestrian world, it is often said that Korean equestrian success depends on youth and student equestrian training. It also means that many equestrians share the understanding of the importance of youth and student equestrianism. With former president Choi Byung-wook successfully securing re-election in the 36th election for president of the Korea Student Equestrian Federation held on the 6th, the Korea Student Equestrian Federation can now accelerate efforts to consistently revitalize youth and student equestrian programs.

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More than five on-site seminars and public hearings should be held, and the issues so far should be discussed in depth. It is time for the people’s will to be raised to the government, the association, and the Korea Racing Authority so that policies can be decided and supported. It’s not a binary of good and bad. Related organizations, associations, and local governments have hardly ever studied or presented advanced cases, have they. Have they ever officially solicited proposals for major projects.

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Nearsighted administration makes the fieldwork even more difficult, and when the fieldwork focuses only upward and receives no support, resentment boomerangs back, creating a vicious cycle of mutual burdenA mid- to long-term, fundamental system is needed.A hardware-centered policy framework for the equestrian industry must shift to a software-centered one to take the first step toward revitalization.It’s time for the head of the equestrian industry division to come out,form a task force team, and work on a project that brings the content to life.

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When we talk about training, we tend to focus only on making athletes, but in other countries, people study as well while also doing horseback riding, don’t they. In the field, the process is important, but we only care about the result. I want to keep working on projects where process and outcome, software and hardware, are mixed together.My son, who studied in the UK for ten years, has now changed his job and is cleaning up horse manure.Last year, I also completed endurance races of 40 and 80 km.

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Of course, the path connecting the relay stations is their own turf in the rural-style riding center, so they must clean up and maintain the horse manure as well. Rural horseback riding centers that produce horses should become simple experience-focused, and leisure activities should be moved to horseback riding, resort trekking courses. There could be rest areas and lodging facilities where travelers can rest at the post station, as well as local agricultural product shops, and if combined,

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If safety and the quality of education are ensured through a grading system for riding centers, schools will be able to conduct linked classes without financial burden.It is a room with the Olle Trail, a horse trail connecting the entire country. The road in front of the reservoir at our equestrian center was the place where a relay station stood on the road connecting Seoul and Gangneung. In the past, when horses were the means of transportation, there were relay stations all over the country.

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Last year, our equestrian center also held grassroots equestrian competitions with support from the Korea Racing Authority, but there is a need to continuously expand support for regional equestrian competitions. It’s about developing the local equestrian competition into a regional festival. Children participating in the equestrian competition will show off their skills, and parents, grandfathers, and grandmothers will attend to watch them, making it a festival that brings the local community together.

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Seeing that, I feel that the murals in the Goguryeo mound tomb are not false but real. If the horse industry is properly developed, it will become an enormous industry. It is expected to create employment for 300,000 people, and including related industries, the employment effect could reach 500,000 to 600,000. And it also fits with the trend among young people these days who always do it if they like it. It could become a decent line of work where I can ride horses and have fun, make money, teach children, and even compete.

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Even if the reality of today is difficult and challenging for a businessperson, if they have a vision and hope for the future, they will take today’s reality into account, invest, and wait for the future. On the other hand, no matter how good today’s reality is, if there is no vision for the future, people will not invest. This is a horse offered to a horse industry operator. Still, since it’s only a passing cold wind for now, I think if you don’t be too surprised and wait a little, the spring breeze will blow.In front of the main palace gate,

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Mirinae Equestrian Club in Yangpyeong,Gyeonggi Province, won the Grand Prize in the Equestrian Club of the Year category this year, following its previous win in the Best Youth Equestrian Team category at the 18th Horse Industry Awards.With top-tier facilities nationwide, excellent horses,and riding instructors, Mirinae Riding Club aims to achieve the ultimate completion of youth education through proper equestrian training. We met with Lee Kwang-seop, the head of Mirinae Equestrian Club,

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Director Choi added,However, on the other hand, there are still many areas where we need to work to overcome the political and social changes and the regional economic downturn surrounding us, and presented three key initiatives to overcome these problems and build a better headquarters: Making LetsRun Park a leading complex tourism and leisure destination in the Busan Gyeongnam region Winning the Bu gyeongma International Race Creating a lively workplace, among others.After concluding his inaugural speech,

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On the 23rd, the Korea Racing Authority’s Busan Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters held the inauguration ceremony for the newly appointed head, Choi Won il. The inauguration ceremony, held in the main auditorium of the Busan Gyeongnam Main Building of LetsRun Park, was attended by Vice President Jung Young sik of the Busan Gyeongnam Owners’ Association, Director Min Jang-gi of the Busan Gyeongnam Trainers’ Association, Director Kim Nam-sung of the Jockey Association and Director Kim Eo-su,

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Not just equestrianism, but all sectors of the horse industry, following the so-called equestrian privileges granted to Jung Yoo-ra. In this situation, the horse industry must come together and move forward. Rather than prioritizing only their own interests, each association should come together, put their heads together, and engage in deep reflection on how to overcome the current difficult situation and how to develop the horse industry. Of course, the Korea Racing Authority’s sales are already on a downward trend, and the outlook on the horse industry is not very positive,

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Although I have spent many years working with horses and also teaching for national horse-related certifications, I obtained a trainer’s license last year, which I had not had until then. Just as all cultures and technologies change with the times, the field of "training" also changes over time. Although many changes are already taking place around the world, our country’s training techniques have yet to keep pace with that trend. We must quickly adopt advanced technologies in step with the flow of change.

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First of all, recruiting members doesn’t seem like it would be a major problem. I think membership will gradually increase, whether it starts with a small number of members at the beginning of forming the association or through various events and projects. Because everyone is interested in horse training. The greatest difficulty is that we must lead the divided horse training fields together. There is a concern about how we can bring them together as one, given that trainers are scattered across the country and that horse racing and equestrianism appear divided,

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Korean Language Trainers Association, and recently, two to three weeks ago, we held an office plaque unveiling ceremony in Cheoin-gu,Yongin, Gyeonggi Province.The goal is to receive official approval from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs by early March.We have already completed all the necessary paperwork for approval, and we plan to visit the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs with the association’s executives around next week.I’m thinking of holding a symposium once in the first half of this year.

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He is currently an assistant trainer at LetsRun Park Pukyong and a professor at Seorabeol University, actively working to train the next generation of talent. In particular, in November of last year, he was highly praised for his various contributions to the founding of the Korean Speech Trainer Association and was elected its first president.We met with Kwon Seung-joo, president of the Korea Horse Trainers Association, who has a bold ambition to establish a training role model suited to Korea’s circumstances

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By utilizing the excellent equestrian facilities of institutions specializing in training horse industry professionals,we can work to promote youth equestrian education by hosting youth equestrian camps and the like,while also helping the difficulties faced by each training institution.Just as men’s ambitions are driven by riding supercars, equestrians also feel the urge to ride good horses,showing a similar thread.There are several car companies whose logos feature horses,and even some Korean cars in the past had horses as their theme.

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As mentioned earlier, by watching videos of preliminary matches held in each region, on-site coaches can assess which areas you are weak in and which parts you need to work on improving, enabling on-site guidance. And it is also something that coaches can judge and advise each athlete on which Korea Standard Jumping event they might be best suited to compete in.It is still being implemented, but the difference is that it introduces the concept of sponsorship. If the Korea Racing Authority sponsors the Student Equestrian Association in 2017,

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Former president Lee Jong-eun also privately organized and conducted training related to the Hunter competition for student equestrianism, and the people who received that training at the time were now the board members of the Student Equestrian Association. To develop it in a way suited to Korea’s circumstances, we have held symposiums, conducted tests, and continued to hold referee training sessions.Previously, we kept the competition course hidden and did not disclose it,

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We also plan to give the student athletes selected in this competition the opportunity to observe foreign matches by utilizing the reserve team system. We are trying to assist some associations in providing many opportunities to attend various overseas competitions.Rather than concentrating benefits on a few players,we will move in the direction of giving benefits to more children. That is why the role of the international director is important. Because a great deal of high-quality information must be found for the development of youth equestrianism.