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Cho Kyoung Ho Heads Close Title Race
When Moon Se Young was violently thrown from two-year old filly Raipai back at the end of August, his hopes of retaining his 2008 title were over. Still sidelined, Moon remains on 72 winners leaving a… more →
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Cho Kyoung Ho Heads Close Title Race
gyongmaman wrote 2 weeks ago: When Moon Se Young was violently thrown from two-year old filly Raipai back at the end of August, hi … more →
New Jockey for Seoul, New Stallion for Jeju
gyongmaman wrote 1 month ago: The Japanese jockey contingent in Korea has risen to four again. Thirty-two year old Yoshiyuki Aoki … more →
Hitomi Goes Full-Time
gyongmaman wrote 2 months ago: Miyashita to make history at Busan She won the International Lady Jockey Invitation race at Busan Ra … more →
Korean Racing Girls
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gyongmaman wrote 2 months ago: Success and Tragedy – A short history of female jockeys in Korea Back in the early days of thi … more →
Champion Moon Se Young's Season Is Over
gyongmaman wrote 3 months ago: The KRA has confirmed that Moon Se Young, 2008 Champion jockey and current leading rider this year, … more →
Nozi Bows Out
gyongmaman wrote 4 months ago: Nozomu Tomizawa has left Korea. The Japanese jockey recently brought to an end his two year stint at … more →
Sit in at Busan
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gyongmaman wrote 4 months ago: Another overseas jockey rides into Busan this weekend as Hong Kong’s Vincent Sit takes up a fo … more →
Three New Jockeys for Seoul
gyongmaman wrote 6 months ago: Just three new apprentices make up the class of 2009 set to join the jockey ranks at Seoul Race Park … more →
Tight at the Top but Tougher at the Bottom
gyongmaman wrote 6 months ago: Top jockeys flourish but Foreign riders are still struggling Not only did he score his 400th career … more →
Hardride for Shinde's Debut
gyongmaman wrote 7 months ago: A week later than planned, Indian jockey Rahul Shinde is scheduled to make his Korean debut at Busan … more →
Three Go Free
gyongmaman wrote 8 months ago: Bang, Moon, Jung go freelance / Park Soo Hong warned off Three more jockeys have taken on freelance … more →
Over The Moon
gyongmaman wrote 11 months ago: 2008 Review Part 1: Jockeys Moon Se Young was yesterday crowned 2008 Champion jockey at Seoul Race P … more →
New South African jockey heads for Busan
gyongmaman wrote 1 year ago: The KRA has announced the arrival of a new overseas jockey to be based at Busan Race Park. South Afr … more →
Lim Dae Gyu Remembered
gyongmaman wrote 1 year ago: August 11 marks one year since the death of jockey Lim Dae Gyu in a race at Seoul Race Park. The hor … more →
Chris Taylor heads new jockey list
gyongmaman wrote 1 year ago: South African Chris Taylor was among eight new jockeys officially added to the roster at Seoul Race … more →
Japanese riders extend contracts
gyongmaman wrote 1 year ago: Both Ikuyasu Kurakane and Nozomu Tomizawa have signed six month extensions to their contracts at Seo … more →
An Byung Ki retires from the saddle
gyongmaman wrote 1 year ago: One of the most senior figures in the paddock, An Byung Ki is retiring as a jockey at age 42. Making … more →
Jockey Profile - Soo Khoon Beng
gyongmaman wrote 1 year ago: When Australian Garry Baker left Busan at the end of 2007, the track was, for the first time in its … more →
Jockey Profile - The "foreigners"
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allymid1 wrote 1 year ago: The Korea Racing Authority has made much of its plans to “internationalize” horse racing … more →
