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The inauguration ceremony was followed by the 8th and 9th chairman of the Seoul Horse Racing Association. The new chairman, Dae-seop, who took office as the 9th president of the Seoul Horse Racing Association, said, "The 20-year history of individual horse racing is the history of horse racing advancement. "I have a heavy shoulder to take over the chairmanship at this important time of the youth era," he said. "We will focus on improving the conditions and environment of face-to-face management, such as strengthening the status of face-to-face management and the expansion of rights and interests during his term," he said. "We will work with horse racing society and horse racing-related organizations to revive online betting and ease regulations on the inspection committee in order to overcome the reality of Korean horse racing, which has recently been in difficulties both internally and externally, such as sales decline and regulations on the inspection committee."
Friday, February 20 2026 - 05:52 AM
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Chairman Kang Yong-sik, who is about to attend the ceremony, told reporters, "Thank you for your interest in horse racing," and urged, "Recently, there was a report that the size of the illegal gambling market, including the illegal gambling industry, reached up to 100 trillion won. The government should establish comprehensive government measures, including a full-scale war against illegal gambling industries such as private racing."Chairman Kang pointed out that the expansion of the illegal gambling industry, which is considered a representative underground economy, is the biggest cause of the balloon effect due to excessive regulations on the legal gambling industry, and argued that the status of the audit committee should be re-established.
Friday, February 20 2026 - 05:48 AM
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Meanwhile, the Seoul Horse Racing Association released data on the 20th anniversary of its foundation. According to the summary released by the Seoul Horse Racing Association, the cumulative basis from the conversion of individual horse racing in 1993 to the end of 2012 to the end of 2012, and Nam Seung-hyun was the winner of the multiple wins (160 wins) and the winner of the prize money (6.3 billion won), while Jang Seok-rin was the winner of the multiple wins (10 wins) of the race, Kim Ik-young was the winner (16.1%), Park Seong-gu was the winner of the multiple wins (1,471 times), and Park Jung-yeol was the winner of the race horse (1272 times).
Friday, February 20 2026 - 05:23 AM
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The inauguration ceremony was followed by the 8th and 9th chairman of the Seoul Horse Racing Association. The new chairman, Dae-seop, who took office as the 9th president of the Seoul Horse Racing Association, said, "The 20-year history of individual horse racing is the history of horse racing advancement. "I have a heavy shoulder to take over the chairmanship at this important time of the youth era," he said. "We will focus on improving the conditions and environment of face-to-face management, such as strengthening the status of face-to-face management and the expansion of rights and interests during his term," he said. "We will work with horse racing society and horse racing-related organizations to revive online betting and ease regulations on the inspection committee in order to overcome the reality of Korean horse racing, which has recently been in difficulties both internally and externally, such as sales decline and regulations on the inspection committee."
Friday, February 20 2026 - 05:21 AM
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Chairman Kang said, "The Korean horse race, which marks the 20th anniversary of the transition to the individual horse race system, corresponds to the coming-of-age ceremony, and that the mission and responsibility for the development of the horse racing industry should be considered again by reflecting on the historical meaning and value of the transition to the individual horse race system." "The horse racing industry has been discussed a lot recently, but it is necessary to recognize the importance of the horse racing industry, which is the basis of the horse industry, and to make self-rescue efforts for horse racing with confidence," and added, "All horse racing members, including the implementer, face-to-face, coach, athletes, and horse racing fans, should go back to their original intentions and make efforts to distribute them with thorough self-reflection and new determination.
Friday, February 20 2026 - 05:16 AM
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Imgo-myeon, Yeongcheon City, to build training facilities, breeding centers, Malgyeong stores, and education centers. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries plans to announce the designation of a special horse industry zone within the first half of this year. An official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said that there is a possibility that the details of the project will change in the future in relation to the horse industry promotion project, and that no specific plan has been decided yet. Jeju Island is expected to announce the designation of a special industrial zone at the end of April by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and has reportedly started preparing in advance by forming a "Council to Apply for the Designation of a Special Zone for Horse Industry in Jeju."
Friday, February 20 2026 - 04:47 AM
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According to an official of the Korea Racing Authority, there are many concerns about speeding up the time to provide video clips of the race, but the government has made every effort to expand the service to horse racing fans. It also said that it will be difficult to advance the time to provide further videos due to concerns about harmful effects such as the abuse of private horse racing unless there is a major change in Internet betting in the future. The Korea Racing Authority began providing videos of the race to horse racing fans immediately after the race in 2001. However, in April 2003, due to the claim that the live race broadcast was spreading private horse racing and the side effects of it intensified, the Internet video provision time was also changed to 10 minutes after the result was confirmed.
Friday, February 20 2026 - 04:45 AM
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In the coach category, coach Shin Woo-chul won the most wins (787 wins) and the prize money winner (22.8 billion won), coach Bae Dae-sun won the most wins (19 wins) in the race, and Park Tae-jong won the most wins (1,586 wins), the prize money winner (47.2 billion won) and the most wins (30 wins) in the race. In addition, among the racehorses that played in the Seoul Race Park, "New Gangster" won 1.5 billion won to become the top prize winner, and "New Generation" was recorded as the most winning racehorses with 43 wins in 78 games. In the 20th year of the individual racehorses, the Seoul Racing Association analyzed that in accordance with the policy to promote domestic horse racing, which began with the transition to the individual racehorses in 1993, the production of racehorses also began to gain vitality, and it has been proven that the number of domestic horse production heads has increased, quality has improved, and the foundation of the stallion industry has been continuously expanded since 1993.
Friday, February 20 2026 - 04:39 AM
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Meanwhile, the Seoul Horse Racing Association released data on the 20th anniversary of its foundation. According to the summary released by the Seoul Horse Racing Association, the cumulative basis from the conversion of individual horse racing in 1993 to the end of 2012 to the end of 2012, and Nam Seung-hyun was the winner of the multiple wins (160 wins) and the winner of the prize money (6.3 billion won), while Jang Seok-rin was the winner of the multiple wins (10 wins) of the race, Kim Ik-young was the winner (16.1%), Park Seong-gu was the winner of the multiple wins (1,471 times), and Park Jung-yeol was the winner of the race horse (1272 times).
Friday, February 20 2026 - 03:51 AM
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The inauguration ceremony was followed by the 8th and 9th chairman of the Seoul Horse Racing Association. The new chairman, Dae-seop, who took office as the 9th president of the Seoul Horse Racing Association, said, "The 20-year history of individual horse racing is the history of horse racing advancement. "I have a heavy shoulder to take over the chairmanship at this important time of the youth era," he said. "We will focus on improving the conditions and environment of face-to-face management, such as strengthening the status of face-to-face management and the expansion of rights and interests during his term," he said. "We will work with horse racing society and horse racing-related organizations to revive online betting and ease regulations on the inspection committee in order to overcome the reality of Korean horse racing, which has recently been in difficulties both internally and externally, such as sales decline and regulations on the inspection committee."
Friday, February 20 2026 - 03:46 AM
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Meanwhile, the Korean Horse Racing Association is also reportedly seeking to urge the government to come up with policies to eradicate illegal gambling and private horse racing, which is expected to lead to an all-out war against illegal gambling across the horse racing industry. The Seoul Horse Racing Association (Chairman Dae Ji-seop) celebrated the 20th anniversary of the individual horse racing festival, and announced a new start with the 9th new chairman, Dae Ji-seop.On March 19 (Tue), the Seoul Horse Racing Association held a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of its foundation and the inauguration of the 9th chairman, Dae Ji-seop, at the Renaissance Hotel in Yeoksam-dong. At the ceremony, members of the Seoul Horse Racing Association, Vice Chairman Kim Young-man of the Association, Kang Yong-ik, president of the Association of Busan and South Gyeongsang Province, and executives and employees of horse racing-related organizations attended the ceremony.
Friday, February 20 2026 - 03:43 AM
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Chairman Kang Yong-sik, who is about to attend the ceremony, told reporters, "Thank you for your interest in horse racing," and urged, "Recently, there was a report that the size of the illegal gambling market, including the illegal gambling industry, reached up to 100 trillion won. The government should establish comprehensive government measures, including a full-scale war against illegal gambling industries such as private racing."Chairman Kang pointed out that the expansion of the illegal gambling industry, which is considered a representative underground economy, is the biggest cause of the balloon effect due to excessive regulations on the legal gambling industry, and argued that the status of the audit committee should be re-established.
Friday, February 20 2026 - 03:24 AM
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The Seoul Horse Racing Association has urged the government to go all out against illegal gambling activities that threaten the horse racing industry, drawing attention. As reports on illegal gambling continue, various policies and efforts to eradicate illegal gambling and gambling have been proposed in the horse racing industry as a whole and in society, and sound development of the legal gambling industry is expected along with the prevention and eradication of illegal gambling, which is emerging as a major ills in Korean society. Kang Yong-sik (8th), chairman of the Seoul Horse Racing Association, held a press conference at the hill of roses in Seoul Land ahead of the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Seoul Horse Racing Association and the inauguration ceremony of the chairman, and urged the government and the horse society to wage an all-out war against the illegal gambling industry.
Friday, February 20 2026 - 03:22 AM
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The Seoul Horse Racing Association has urged the government to go all out against illegal gambling activities that threaten the horse racing industry, drawing attention. As reports on illegal gambling continue, various policies and efforts to eradicate illegal gambling and gambling have been proposed in the horse racing industry as a whole and in society, and sound development of the legal gambling industry is expected along with the prevention and eradication of illegal gambling, which is emerging as a major ills in Korean society. Kang Yong-sik (8th), chairman of the Seoul Horse Racing Association, held a press conference at the hill of roses in Seoul Land ahead of the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Seoul Horse Racing Association and the inauguration ceremony of the chairman, and urged the government and the horse society to wage an all-out war against the illegal gambling industry.
Friday, February 20 2026 - 03:15 AM
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According to an official of the Korea Racing Authority, there are many concerns about speeding up the time to provide video clips of the race, but the government has made every effort to expand the service to horse racing fans. It also said that it will be difficult to advance the time to provide further videos due to concerns about harmful effects such as the abuse of private horse racing unless there is a major change in Internet betting in the future. The Korea Racing Authority began providing videos of the race to horse racing fans immediately after the race in 2001. However, in April 2003, due to the claim that the live race broadcast was spreading private horse racing and the side effects of it intensified, the Internet video provision time was also changed to 10 minutes after the result was confirmed.
Friday, February 20 2026 - 02:50 AM
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Since its foundation in 2011, the Korea Federation of Horse Industry, which has been striving to foster the horse industry by signing joint business agreements with local governments and holding various symposiums, expects the symposium, which includes not only horse industry-related organizations but also media and academic figures, to help foster the horse industry and vitalize the economy of the domestic agricultural and livestock industry. It is expected that the thirst of horse racing fans who were frustrated about what kind of race the horse racing they were interested in because they could not find a horse racing park or branch was going to be somewhat quenched.The KRA Korea Racing Authority (Chairman Jang Tae-pyeong) announced that it will improve the racing video provided on its website from today (13th) to 10 minutes after the final daily race is confirmed to be provided.
Friday, February 20 2026 - 02:47 AM
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Meanwhile, the Seoul Horse Racing Association released data on the 20th anniversary of its foundation. According to the summary released by the Seoul Horse Racing Association, the cumulative basis from the conversion of individual horse racing in 1993 to the end of 2012 to the end of 2012, and Nam Seung-hyun was the winner of the multiple wins (160 wins) and the winner of the prize money (6.3 billion won), while Jang Seok-rin was the winner of the multiple wins (10 wins) of the race, Kim Ik-young was the winner (16.1%), Park Seong-gu was the winner of the multiple wins (1,471 times), and Park Jung-yeol was the winner of the race horse (1272 times).
Friday, February 20 2026 - 02:36 AM
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The inauguration ceremony was followed by the 8th and 9th chairman of the Seoul Horse Racing Association. The new chairman, Dae-seop, who took office as the 9th president of the Seoul Horse Racing Association, said, "The 20-year history of individual horse racing is the history of horse racing advancement. "I have a heavy shoulder to take over the chairmanship at this important time of the youth era," he said. "We will focus on improving the conditions and environment of face-to-face management, such as strengthening the status of face-to-face management and the expansion of rights and interests during his term," he said. "We will work with horse racing society and horse racing-related organizations to revive online betting and ease regulations on the inspection committee in order to overcome the reality of Korean horse racing, which has recently been in difficulties both internally and externally, such as sales decline and regulations on the inspection committee."
Friday, February 20 2026 - 02:06 AM
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Chairman Kang said, "The Korean horse race, which marks the 20th anniversary of the transition to the individual horse race system, corresponds to the coming-of-age ceremony, and that the mission and responsibility for the development of the horse racing industry should be considered again by reflecting on the historical meaning and value of the transition to the individual horse race system." "The horse racing industry has been discussed a lot recently, but it is necessary to recognize the importance of the horse racing industry, which is the basis of the horse industry, and to make self-rescue efforts for horse racing with confidence," and added, "All horse racing members, including the implementer, face-to-face, coach, athletes, and horse racing fans, should go back to their original intentions and make efforts to distribute them with thorough self-reflection and new determination.
Friday, February 20 2026 - 02:04 AM
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In addition, there have been constant complaints from horse racing fans as the video of the race was changed to provide videos after the last daily race was over, following claims that even he could be abused for illegal horse racing.Some horse racing fans have responded positively to the adjustment of the time for providing racing videos, but on the other hand, voice that they want to provide faster racing videos. Halla University has also reportedly been selected as the final target for scoring excellent points in documents, on-site and PPT presentation evaluation. Yeongcheon City has been selected as the target of the pilot base horse training facility, and will preempt the development of a strategic base for fostering the horse industry.
Friday, February 20 2026 - 02:00 AM
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In the coach category, coach Shin Woo-chul won the most wins (787 wins) and the prize money winner (22.8 billion won), coach Bae Dae-sun won the most wins (19 wins) in the race, and Park Tae-jong won the most wins (1,586 wins), the prize money winner (47.2 billion won) and the most wins (30 wins) in the race. In addition, among the racehorses that played in the Seoul Race Park, "New Gangster" won 1.5 billion won to become the top prize winner, and "New Generation" was recorded as the most winning racehorses with 43 wins in 78 games. In the 20th year of the individual racehorses, the Seoul Racing Association analyzed that in accordance with the policy to promote domestic horse racing, which began with the transition to the individual racehorses in 1993, the production of racehorses also began to gain vitality, and it has been proven that the number of domestic horse production heads has increased, quality has improved, and the foundation of the stallion industry has been continuously expanded since 1993.
Friday, February 20 2026 - 01:43 AM
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And Japan's "Deep Impact" introduced that despite the high closing fee of 150 million won this year, more than 200 people applied for breeding this year, reaching 30 billion won in total, higher than the total price of domestic racehorses, and said that changes in the horse industry policy of the Korean Horse Association are required to advance Korean horse racing.Meanwhile, new chairman Dae-seop said he will cut the cash deduction rate for Maju from the current 2% to 1.5% and focus on improving the conditions and environment of Maju management, and will work to revive online betting and ease regulations on the inspection committee to overcome the reality of Korea's horse racing, which has recently been struggling internally and externally, including sales declines and regulations on the inspection committee.
Friday, February 20 2026 - 01:39 AM
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The inauguration ceremony was followed by the 8th and 9th chairman of the Seoul Horse Racing Association. The new chairman, Dae-seop, who took office as the 9th president of the Seoul Horse Racing Association, said, "The 20-year history of individual horse racing is the history of horse racing advancement. "I have a heavy shoulder to take over the chairmanship at this important time of the youth era," he said. "We will focus on improving the conditions and environment of face-to-face management, such as strengthening the status of face-to-face management and the expansion of rights and interests during his term," he said. "We will work with horse racing society and horse racing-related organizations to revive online betting and ease regulations on the inspection committee in order to overcome the reality of Korean horse racing, which has recently been in difficulties both internally and externally, such as sales decline and regulations on the inspection committee."
Friday, February 20 2026 - 01:34 AM
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Chairman Kang said, "The Korean horse race, which marks the 20th anniversary of the transition to the individual horse race system, corresponds to the coming-of-age ceremony, and that the mission and responsibility for the development of the horse racing industry should be considered again by reflecting on the historical meaning and value of the transition to the individual horse race system." "The horse racing industry has been discussed a lot recently, but it is necessary to recognize the importance of the horse racing industry, which is the basis of the horse industry, and to make self-rescue efforts for horse racing with confidence," and added, "All horse racing members, including the implementer, face-to-face, coach, athletes, and horse racing fans, should go back to their original intentions and make efforts to distribute them with thorough self-reflection and new determination.
Friday, February 20 2026 - 01:13 AM
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Imgo-myeon, Yeongcheon City, to build training facilities, breeding centers, Malgyeong stores, and education centers. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries plans to announce the designation of a special horse industry zone within the first half of this year. An official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said that there is a possibility that the details of the project will change in the future in relation to the horse industry promotion project, and that no specific plan has been decided yet. Jeju Island is expected to announce the designation of a special industrial zone at the end of April by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and has reportedly started preparing in advance by forming a "Council to Apply for the Designation of a Special Zone for Horse Industry in Jeju."
Friday, February 20 2026 - 01:11 AM