SOUTH KOREAN HORSE RACING

Quick facts

South Korea has two surrounding racetracks located in Seoul and Busan. Horses, trainers, and jockeys are based on one of two tracks. Tracks are mixed only for grade races.

Seoul races an average of 11-12 races every Friday and Saturday. Busan races with an average of 10 races every Thursday and Saturday and six races every Saturday.

The betting turnover is the seventh largest in the world and the third largest in Asia (after Japan and Hong Kong). The average field size is about 11. The minimum field size is 7.

In addition to foreign trainers and jockeys, there are foreign stewards in Seoul and Busan as well as foreign handicaps.

Tracks

All competitions on the two-match course end on the outer track closest to the crowd. This includes the distance between 11/16 m and 11/4 m starting from the inner track. The tracks are connected to the second and fourth corners. Currently, the race is held at least 5 furlongs, 17/16m in Seoul, and 1/38m in Busan.

The surface of the track looks very sandy.

Because it's like that. The track has the following composition:

Surface (7-8 cm) – Sand

Cosbed (10cm) – Decomposed Granite

Upper substrate (10 cm) – crushed stone

The Seoul racetrack has an inner track with a circumference of 1 mi and an outside of 1/8 mi. There is a shot for the 5f race.

The inner track of the Busan racetrack is 7/4f and the outer track is 1/4mi.There are shots starting at 5f and 1mi.

Kickback-One thing to watch out for with the sand is that it can generate a lot of kickbacks. For this reason, many horses race in rubber nipples. It's not uncommon for horses who like to be early leaders but don't have an optimal start to resent kickbacks and race poorly, so you should keep this in mind when you do hand kicks.

How does the progress of the game affect the game time? It is important to look at the track status when evaluating historical performance, because it is usually faster with rain. Across two tracks, 15 of the current 20 track records were set on a wet and sloppy track.

The Race

There are six racing classes in Korea. Korean horses start at grade 6 and foreign ones start at grade 4. With the exception of Class 6 and award and rating races, most races are handicaps.

Horses

About 1,430 horses are in training in Seoul and 980 in Busan.

The horses are a mixture of Korean and foreign products. Ninety percent of foreign racehorses are imported from the United States.

As of July 2017, Korea's domestic breeding industry is thriving, with 119 stallions standing on domestic studs.

While some stallions race in Korea 경마사이트, many stallions are imported and include races in the United States:

Menifee – winner who led the Shire several times in Korea

Hansen – 2011 Breeders' Cup Youth Winner

Executive – winner of the 2001 G1 Champagne Stakes

Ecton Park – 1999 Jim Dandy Stakes & Super Derby winner

Other works include Ballpony, Hawk Wing, Colors Flying, One Cool Cat, Tees Wonderful, Annie Given Toyo, Cowboy Carl and Archie.