New faces to be commanded to Gyeongju, Seoul Racecourse, Lee Dong-guk, Park Ji-heon, opened an assistant teacher

Jul 11, 2024

 New faces to be commanded to Gyeongju, Seoul Racecourse, Lee Dong-guk, Park Ji-heon, opened an assistant teacher
Teacher Park Ji-heon, 18, right after his debut on July 6. Photo courtesy = Korean Horse Association



Two assistant teachers announced a new start in Let's Run Park Seoul, Korea Racing Authority (Chairman Jung Ki-hwan). The main characters are Park Ji-heon, the new owner of Article 18 Mabang, and Lee Dong-guk, the new face of Article 17 Mabang.

Teacher Park Ji-heon is a racehorse management expert who has accumulated know-how as a horse coach for 23 years. Teacher Park Ji-heon started her career as a horse coach in 2001 in Article 18 of Teacher Park Dae-heung, who is the main character of the third career 1,000 wins in Korean racing history. Teacher Park Ji-heon, who has been working in Article 18 for 15 years since then, moved to Article 25 of Teacher Jeon Seung-gyu in 2017 at the recommendation of Teacher Park Dae-heung to gain various experiences. After seven years of new teamwork and accumulating know-how there, he finally announced his new start as an assistant teacher under his name.

Looking back on his experience as a manager, Park plans to actively utilize the know-how of assistant teacher Park Dae-heung, who has been running many horses efficiently as well as winning numerous Daesang races" In addition, through experience with Jeon Seung-gyu, who introduced the Busan horse racing system, I was able to gain know-how in participation according to the horse's readiness, so I plan to combine the advantages of the two horse racing."




Teacher Park Ji-heon's Mabang is Article 18 Mabang, which has been operated by Teacher Park Dae-heung for a long time. Teacher Park is said to have felt burdened by the name of Article 18. He said "I felt burdened that if I had a poor performance as an assistant teacher, I might lose the reputation of an assistant teacher, Park Dae-heung, but I changed my mind and decided to become an assistant teacher who meets the 18th Article's reputation."," he said, expressing his bold ambition.

Veteran horseracing jockey Lee Dong-gook, who has 21 years of experience, has now returned as an assistant teacher. Rider Lee Dong-guk, who played 3,633 games from 2001 to 2021, will be in charge of the head coach of Article 17 Mabang.

 New faces to be commanded to Gyeongju, Seoul Racecourse, Lee Dong-guk, Park Ji-heon, opened an assistant teacher
Teacher Lee Dong-guk, who will be responsible for Article 17's Mabang. Photo courtesy = Korean Horse Association
Earlier in 2022, jockey Lee Dong-gook surprised everyone by stepping down from his current position and making a surprise transformation into a track rider. Trackrider refers to a 'exclusive trainer' who does not compete in the race and performs the assistant management of racehorses. Lee Dong-guk, an assistant teacher, said, "It was to gain various experiences and know-how on track rider transformation in the past."




Teacher Lee decided to experience trackrider because he thought it would be helpful to his life while waiting for the opening period"In fact, during this period, I was able to learn various know-how by training various racehorses of different styles of assistant teachers", he explained. In particular, "We were able to learn various ways to effectively improve the condition of horses after high-intensity training for each bar, and we will continue our teaching career by incorporating them." he said.

Article 17 The new trade name of Mabang is 'Dall'. 'Dall' is a pure Korean word that means that for everything you do, blessings accompany you. The assistant teacher "When I do my job, I have a hard time every moment in summer and winter in winter. do one's best in spite of that If you look at it, he explained that he named it 'Dall' with the hope that a lot of luck would come."

He then expressed his ambition by creating a differentiated Mabang that strengthens the capabilities of each part through a more systematic division of labor, saying to the opponents that 'Mabang' can be trusted and entrusted with words, and to the fans 'Mabang' will be rewarded with multiple wins and loved'.






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