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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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Last year, reaching 1,200 wins also brought jockey Park Tae-jong’s record about five years closer, and it took only about nine months to add just 100 more wins to reach 1,300, thereby shortening even the period needed to accumulate wins. Let’s Run Park Busan Gyeongnam (Director Ko Jung-hwan) held a lecture series inviting overseas horse trainers and physiology experts from July 5 to 8. The invited lecturer is Atsushi Hira, head of the Hidaka Training Center of the Japan Racing Association (JRA), who researches equine exercise physiology from a veterinary perspective at the JRA. If exercise physiology is applied to racehorses, strong racehorses can be developed through scientific methods.

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Last year, reaching 1,200 wins also brought jockey Park Tae-jong’s record about five years closer, and it took only about nine months to add just 100 more wins to reach 1,300, thereby shortening even the period needed to accumulate wins. Let’s Run Park Busan Gyeongnam (Director Ko Jung-hwan) held a lecture series inviting overseas horse trainers and physiology experts from July 5 to 8. The invited lecturer is Atsushi Hira, head of the Hidaka Training Center of the Japan Racing Association (JRA), who researches equine exercise physiology from a veterinary perspective at the JRA. If exercise physiology is applied to racehorses, strong racehorses can be developed through scientific methods.

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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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Last year, reaching 1,200 wins also brought jockey Park Tae-jong’s record about five years closer, and it took only about nine months to add just 100 more wins to reach 1,300, thereby shortening even the period needed to accumulate wins. Let’s Run Park Busan Gyeongnam (Director Ko Jung-hwan) held a lecture series inviting overseas horse trainers and physiology experts from July 5 to 8. The invited lecturer is Atsushi Hira, head of the Hidaka Training Center of the Japan Racing Association (JRA), who researches equine exercise physiology from a veterinary perspective at the JRA. If exercise physiology is applied to racehorses, strong racehorses can be developed through scientific methods.

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Lee Chan-ho’s class is the right class for “Genesis.” He has a habit of leaning inward after the fourth corner, but since Lee Chan-ho’s jockey uses his left hand, he was able to cover this weakness very well. Changse is still very young, only three years old. Whether to participate in the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Governor’s Cup final will be decided by comprehensively considering the horse’s condition. Since they’re still young, I don’t plan to push them too hard until this year. We will manage Changse even more diligently so that it can show a strong performance in a bigger race.

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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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The all-time record set by jockey Moon Se-young will inevitably become a race against the legacy left by jockey Park Tae-jong. It was in 2007 that jockey Park Tae-jong, who debuted in 1987, reached 1,300 wins. It took about 20 years. Also, the time it took to go from 1,200 wins to 1,300 wins was 11 months, and at the time, jockey Park’s explosive record of wins was regarded as an impenetrable record. However, jockey Moon Se-young’s quest for victory is surpassing jockey Park Tae-jong. Jockey Moon Se-young, who had already begun chasing a new record for the shortest time to reach 100 wins, continued to become the record holder for the shortest time.

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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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Hiraga’s visit to the farm manager drew a warm response from trainers and other staff involved in the massage. Despite the difficult content, the Bukyung staff made an effort to learn by asking many questions to introduce the new teaching method. After intense training, I poured out all the questions I’d been wondering about, like how and how much I should rest.If the massaging personnel understand the principles of equine exercise physiology, they can scientifically determine what changes occur when training is conducted on racehorses.

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Last year, reaching 1,200 wins also brought jockey Park Tae-jong’s record about five years closer, and it took only about nine months to add just 100 more wins to reach 1,300, thereby shortening even the period needed to accumulate wins. Let’s Run Park Busan Gyeongnam (Director Ko Jung-hwan) held a lecture series inviting overseas horse trainers and physiology experts from July 5 to 8. The invited lecturer is Atsushi Hira, head of the Hidaka Training Center of the Japan Racing Association (JRA), who researches equine exercise physiology from a veterinary perspective at the JRA. If exercise physiology is applied to racehorses, strong racehorses can be developed through scientific methods.

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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.

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The all-time record set by jockey Moon Se-young will inevitably become a race against the legacy left by jockey Park Tae-jong. It was in 2007 that jockey Park Tae-jong, who debuted in 1987, reached 1,300 wins. It took about 20 years. Also, the time it took to go from 1,200 wins to 1,300 wins was 11 months, and at the time, jockey Park’s explosive record of wins was regarded as an impenetrable record. However, jockey Moon Se-young’s quest for victory is surpassing jockey Park Tae-jong. Jockey Moon Se-young, who had already begun chasing a new record for the shortest time to reach 100 wins, continued to become the record holder for the shortest time.

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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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Every time there was a competition,the association directors would see us working hard from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.for the event,and the children would be the first to say thank you for all their hard work The children also knew that the Student Equestrian Association was working hard for them.Nowadays, most families have only one or two children,so they may lack social skills and emotional bonding abilities,but if education is provided through horses as animal-assisted learning, children can become more refined and develop their ability to connect emotionally.

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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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Regarding this, the Student Equestrian Association believes that, focusing on youth,they must work even harder to turn this crisis into an opportunity and revive it.Since I run a business, I also want to introduce a management mindset into running the Student Equestrian Association. It is a kind of know yourself and know others concept.We also plan to get consulting from experts and, if there are talented people, recruit them to work with us.There was a time when the Korea Racing Authority commissioned a sports marketing expert to conduct an analysis in an effort to develop ways to revitalize equestrian competitions

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Choi Byung-wook, who was elected in a by-election held due to the resignation of the previous president and began serving as the head of student equestrianism, is a former equestrian athlete who has been widely regarded as the right person to lead student equestrianism after gaining experience across the entire horse industry, including serving as an executive of the former Student Equestrian Federation, an executive of the Owners’ Association, and an outside director of the Korea Racing Authority.