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If you focus on your grades, you can shine, but it is no different from our generation of horseback riding. This book contains episodes of "Classic Girl." The contents include not only episodes but also technical aspects. As I was writing the manuscript, it felt like it contained the relationship between me and "Classic Girl" and my marriage. They push and pull each other, fight and get upset, and sometimes they regret it because one side is hurt. It is a short period, but it feels like I have already lived my life once.Horses are the most beautiful animals God has ever given them. They have a beautiful appearance and have moderate aggression unlike deer and other animals, so I think they can live together with humans.
Monday, March 02 2026 - 02:25 AM
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We must not miss the essence of education in youth horseback riding. When it comes to youth horseback riding, they are now focused on competition rather than education. I think it is okay not to ride it accurately and just to go as fast as possible, even if it is dangerous. Even at the competition site, coaches do not instruct them to ride it exactly and teach them things like "Hurry up" and "turn." This is not education. When you are young, you should play a game that includes education rather than determining the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places. Since the last resident competition, the standard jumping class has been implemented, which is a variant of the Hunter game in the United States. Standard jumping class is an event that requires a lot of education. If you don't ride it correctly, you won't get a prize.
Monday, March 02 2026 - 02:05 AM
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Usually, mares are sulky and sensitive. "Classical Girl" is a mare, but still dull and intelligent. Even if you ride strongly, you will have a hard time at that time. When it comes to human life, you don't keep it in mind and start anew the next day. As a person, you are very patient. The part that worries and fears while teaching horses is that they will give up on them. If you give up on other things, no matter how much you try, you can't do anything. In some cases, I have a strong will to do it so that I feel like 'Classical Girl' is laughing at me, asking, 'Is this all you can do?' Actually, I thought about retiring this year. Two years ago, after having a stomachache surgery, cellulitis occurred twice in August last year. Now I thought I should retire and have a comfortable life.
Monday, March 02 2026 - 02:01 AM
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I don't think it's easy to create an event beyond the horse gala show. However, horse gala shows are a field of performance planners, and I think the field I should strive for is to promote elite horse riding to the public. I designed to host various events together with a horse riding competition. With the night lights on, a six-stage obstacle game is held in the stadium, and parasols are installed along both sides of the stadium to have a chimaek party or enjoy a picnic. It would be nice to invite K-pop singers to perform together. Before the Guangzhou Asian Games, I visited Germany in early 2010 to purchase horses for athletes and classes. As soon as I saw "Classic Girl," I thought I should buy this horse.
Monday, March 02 2026 - 01:59 AM
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At that time, it cost quite a lot to ride horses. My parents said that I should stop riding because I was not well-off, but I thought I would die if I did not ride horses. All my friends who started together at that time quit, but I stayed with them until the end. Choi Joon-sang quit due to personal reasons after the Guangzhou Asian Games. Because Choi Joon-sang was the only dressage player, someone had to do dressage. Coach Park Jae-hong recommended me. I declined after hearing the coach's words for a week, but after a lot of thought, I changed the sport. I felt sorry for him, and the coach told me to do both obstacles and dressage. For some time, I focused on dressage after playing both events.
Monday, March 02 2026 - 01:45 AM
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Having shattered prejudice against female riders with her ability to overwhelm men, Kim Hye-sun is now a living history of Korean horse racing, breaking the record of the first female rider to win a championship each time she added one more win. The story of Kim Hye-sun was made public last year when a documentary about her daily life was introduced on a special live broadcast for the 42nd anniversary of her foundation by KBS. Kim Hye-sun, who shouted, "Don't set your own limits" as the title of the broadcast at the time, has been a free rider for about a year since 2013, and declared her free rider again in February 2015, continuing her strong run against the social prejudice of being a female athlete.
Monday, March 02 2026 - 01:42 AM
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Kim Hye-sun, who became the first female Korean racer to reach the 100th mark on Nov. 2, 2013, is making a new history in every race by achieving 200 wins in two years and 10 months. With the Korea Cup International Race and International Week drawing attention from domestic horse racing fans as well as many foreign horse racing circles, Kim Hye-sun was personally left with 200 wins and -3 wins. Although Kim achieved 197 wins with the victory of Ilgi Dangcheon in the 11th race on Sept. 4, it was difficult to guarantee 200 wins as she did not record a win since Aug. 20. However, she won the "Cheonji Storm" in the 7th race of the HRI Trophy on the 10th and took a step forward to 200 wins after a leading race.
Monday, March 02 2026 - 01:36 AM
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When she reopens her White Horse Restaurant, which is about to start its second journey, she will also handle Mayu soap. She is also developing a way to make extract into a beverage. She still has not forgotten the principle of making good products and allowing consumers to find them. The proposition that the Korean horse industry can live only when the horse meat and subsidiary industries market grow is clear. Asked "What should we do to vitalize the horse meat market," Ahn's answer was concise. It is in line with the principles she has followed all her life, so it is reasonable. Do not put "Homa" on the list, and do not use it in restaurants. Sometimes if you say that it is delicious, even if it tastes bad and smells bad, customers never visit you again.
Monday, March 02 2026 - 01:34 AM
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This is because of Sujita-san. It is clear that producing and distributing high-quality meat will bring more people to popularization with low immediate profits, and if so, more people will visit it, but the popularization of horse meat is also getting bruised in the business. The reason why the Korean horse industry is going backwards right now, that is, certain individuals closely related to "money" are making the food. It is because of his uncivilized personality that all I have to do is eat one thing well and live a good life. He is a family member, but CEO Ahn Hae-young also recommended that the reporter eat horse meat often and get acupuncture. This is because I witnessed my mother-in-law, who had stroke, completely cured in the same way.
Monday, March 02 2026 - 01:26 AM
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Don't try it if you want to sample it with such meat," he told the provincial government. It is trying to promote horse meat, but it is trying to obscure its image. It is not important that the meat is big, but the variety is the problem. Shouldn't we offer high-quality and delicious meat to a big event where provincial residents and tourists come? When tourists visit Jeju Island, they should enjoy horse meat so that they can find it even when they return to the land. Horse meat restaurants and suppliers must look far ahead together and deliver high-quality meat so that consumers can have a good perception. It is very upsetting to hear that horse meat people who have eaten it smell. Everyone is hissing, but just as many of the horsemen in Jeju Island are vulnerable to safety issues,
Monday, March 02 2026 - 01:16 AM
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However, the Seogwipo City Livestock Cooperative recently provided partial support for the cost of slaughtering. Feeding for horses is also expensive and nothing is done properly. Under these circumstances, in order to save money, it is necessary to make a big profit in the distribution and restaurant sectors. By the way, she never deals with homas, or big horses for racehorses. Homa can be bought from the mainland for only 7-800,000 won. It costs about 10,000 won per kg, but if you catch 50 percent of the meat that can be used as meat, you will earn more money by selling it as food. Nevertheless, she insists on only Hallama and Jeju horses. She did not give up on the principle of "offering fresh and high-quality meat to the customer,
Monday, March 02 2026 - 01:06 AM
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For the first two years, he could hardly sleep for a few days after visiting the court. The horse was a new opportunity for her. It has been 20 years since she made a living on behalf of her husband. Now, she is the CEO of boiling and distributing the largest number of head hands in the province. Now that the two are intensively breeding more than 200 Hanramas, she is now running stable management. She is producing and nurturing horses herself, distributing and selling them, and developing by-products with soap and extract. She plans to open Baekma Garden again and even open a restaurant that combines distribution. It is a representative "sixth industry person" in the horse industry.
Monday, March 02 2026 - 12:59 AM
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Even though he served fresh and high-quality meat and ran the restaurant neatly, he was stubborn as if it were an oil field. When the party recommended him to try it, the customer, who reluctantly ate it, added more raw beef. And… Rumor has it that he became a regular for 10 years. Back then, most farmers were just slaughtering horses. Maintaining freshness was important, but freshness was always on the back burner because of the culture of not sharing meat, including liver and intestines. He decided that rather than selling high-quality horse meat alone, restaurants in the province would have to sell fresh meat to coexist. About five years after running the restaurant, he started distributing it to promote fresh horse meat.
Monday, March 02 2026 - 12:55 AM
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It was different from what I used to eat when I was young. I thought that I would have to change something to have customers. I thought that I could use fresh meat, so I decided to do it for three years. As if she insisted on natural raw fish, she stuck to the basics. It was regrettable. The principle is that fresh and high-quality horse meat is served to customers. When horse meat comes in, it should be sold within 15 days. Since the caught meat is not fresh if it is left for a long time, the meat was sold cheaply or the meat was made and distributed to customers by making Jangjorim, which was used as a child. People around me dissuaded me from providing expensive meat, but I stuck to the principle.
Monday, March 02 2026 - 12:53 AM
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She was more agile than anyone else when she worked and her voice was firm on the phone. Ahn Hae-young, whom I met on Sep. 13 near Baekma Garden, which is currently under construction in Wahley, Jeju Island, was able to live a new life thanks to the words, which made her a living like a "haenyeo" from the horse industry. To her, words were a matter of "eating and living." Twenty years ago, her husband had to be hospitalized for a long time because of an accident. In desperate moments, she had to make a living instead of her husband. She started a sushi restaurant nearby while working at the hospital. There were quite a lot of customers because they insisted on only natural production, but my husband moved to Seoul and had to close the restaurant.
Monday, March 02 2026 - 12:50 AM
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The baking sharing volunteer work of the staff of the flag bearer and horse society was introduced by Lim Young-baek, who has been continuously volunteering at the Central Hope Sharing Service Center for more than 10 years. For this baking volunteer work, the Jockey Association donated the fund that the flag bearers have accumulated 10,000 won per race to volunteer.Lee Dong-guk, president of the Jockey Association, who participated in volunteer work with his two sons, said, "The Jockey Association has continued to deliver volunteer work and donations to underprivileged people near Junma Apartment, and this volunteer work will be conducted to experience various volunteer activities.
Monday, March 02 2026 - 12:45 AM
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After the early morning training on the 28th, the volunteers visited the Central Hope Sharing Service Center of the Korean Red Cross located in Anyang International Distribution Complex around 10 o'clock and conducted "bread sharing volunteer work" for about seven hours. Under the guidance of the instructor at the service center, the participants, who were inexperienced but showed enthusiasm for their service, made more than 500 muffins and sweet red bean bread themselves, and delivered the packaged bread by visiting the Hope Center of the Children's Helping Movement Headquarters for incurable diseases located around Hogye-dong. In addition, they visited M House, a multi-cultural family help facility near Deokcheon Village where Junma Apartment is located,
Monday, March 02 2026 - 12:42 AM
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As the second business agreement period with Jeju Special Self-Governing Province ended on December 31 this year, the Korea Racing Authority signed the third business agreement at Samda Hall on the second floor of the provincial government on the afternoon of the 16th. Through this third agreement, the Korea Racing Authority will increase the number of relay races in Jeju racetracks from 320 times a year (the second agreement period) to more than 430 times, and Jeju Island will reduce the leisure tax reduction rate by 2 percentage points from 25 percent to 27 percent.Last year, Jeju's revenue from Jeju's relay race amounted to 53.2 billion won (53.2 million U.S. dollars), accounting for 65 percent of Jeju's 81.7 billion won in local taxes, and 63 billion won is expected this year. Jeju expects to increase its revenue by more than 1 billion won due to the expansion of the race.
Sunday, March 01 2026 - 10:48 AM
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International open races open to foreign countries are scheduled to include Ttukseombae, TJK Trophy, and KRA Cup Classics. The existing best mare series is expected to proceed the same as this year, but the 3-year-old series is known to be in flux. This is because the livestock development fund, which is the source of the 3-year-old series, is gradually decreasing. The Korean Horse Association is also considering reducing the number of incentives, but the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is concerned that the amount may be further lowered if the number of horses to be targeted is reduced based on two male and female horses. According to the Korean Horse Association, which is planning to implement horse racing in 2016, the Korea Cup will be newly established in September next year to invite foreign racehorses to Korea in accordance with the steps of internationalization.
Sunday, March 01 2026 - 10:44 AM
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Japan, Singapore, and Dubai, where the two countries have concluded quarantine inspections, are taking for granted as Korean racehorses have also run away races. The Korean Racing Authority is also considering inviting Hong Kong, the U.S., and European countries. To that end, an international racing task force team will be formed to push for the successful hosting of the Korea Cup. However, it is expected to be a major variable as it is difficult for the Korean government to conclude the quarantine inspection quickly in order for racehorses from countries that have not yet signed a quarantine inspection between countries to participate. Officials from the Korea Racing Authority diagnosed that the prize money should be more than 400 million won (468,400 U.S. dollars), but they expect a significant number of foreign racehorses to participate in the Korea Cup, which will cost more than 700 million won (468,400 dollars).
Sunday, March 01 2026 - 10:35 AM
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It was a time to think about the common part of Korean horse racing and talk head-to-head."Given that the prize money for horse racing is expected to remain unchanged next year from this year, the Korea Cup and the Korea Cup Sprint international invited races, which will cost 1 billion won and 700 million won, are expected to become the best horse racing competitions in Korea. "We have Hong Kong, the U.S. and European countries in mind, in addition to Japan, Singapore and Dubai, which have been quarantined for the first time," said an official from the Korea Racing Authority. The number of invited races will be less than eight, and there will be no special restriction on qualifications. The committee will be formed to select candidates for domestic as well as foreign racehorses.
Sunday, March 01 2026 - 09:20 AM
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Chairman Hyun Myung-kwan said at the general meeting of the management strategy meeting, "I would like to thank all employees once again for their hard work at the end of 2015," adding, "In 2016, we will promote management innovation with customer satisfaction as the top priority, and we will make sure to create tangible results by teaching on the other hand, not only this year's performance but also the somewhat sluggish areas in the business promotion." Meanwhile, employees of the Ma Association and related organizations who attended the management strategy meeting said, "The overall evaluation seems to have improved as the management strategy meeting where everyone attends has been repeated. It seems that there is a sense of responsibility that everyone participates in management together, not the Ma Association, which is driven by some management.
Sunday, March 01 2026 - 09:18 AM
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At the management strategy meeting in February, the heads of the 13 headquarters presented core tasks in person and held a 12-hour meeting to share the management philosophy of the chairman. In addition, a management strategy meeting was held in the first half of the year to discuss major pending issues in the horse racing society, including constant management innovation and the globalization of horse racing. All employees from 10 headquarters in Seoul, Busan and South Gyeongsang Province, and Jeju attended the management strategy meeting in the first half of the year. At that time, the 10 headquarters held a meeting to announce the performance and progress of each headquarters in the first half of the year and to share strategies and detailed tasks in the second half. In particular, this meeting discussed major tasks of the Korean Horse Association, such as constant management innovation and the globalization of horse racing.
Sunday, March 01 2026 - 09:14 AM
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More than 600 people, including executives and employees of the Korea Racing Authority and horse racing-related organizations and producers' associations, attended the meeting to share 2015 innovation cases by headquarters, including "Globalization of Horse Racing," "Advanced Marketing," and "Management Innovation," and major 2016 visions such as "Creating a Let's Run Park Seoul Theme Park," "Internationalization of Horse Racing Products," and "Global Marketing." It was the first attempt by the Korea Racing Authority in February this year that allowed all employees to attend the management strategy meeting, which usually only executives attended, and at the suggestion of Chairman Ji Sung-kwan, he invited horse racing officials, customers, and reporters along with all employees in January to hear the vivid voices of all officials, and invited all employees and representatives of partner companies to participate in the management strategy meeting held in February.
Sunday, March 01 2026 - 08:52 AM
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Regarding the introduction of a fixed rate system for horse racing prize money, which has not yet reached a complete agreement, the Seoul Racing Association intends to first realize it and discuss the conversion of the fixed rate system as the current amount of horse racing prize money is set lower than the actual input cost of the opponent, such as not properly reflecting the actual 1,800 heads of race horses and 890 heads of annual introduction. Among the minor changes, the Korea Racing Authority initially proposed to increase three races in 2016, eight in 2017, seven in 2018, and 10 in 2019, but through consultation, it agreed to increase one listed race at the Pukyong Racecourse in 2016, one listed race in Pukyong in 2017 and one grade race in Seoul in 2018.
Sunday, March 01 2026 - 08:48 AM