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2024 December
  • Mon, Dec 02, 2024
    Global Hit Imperious in Grand Prix with Dubai Next on Agenda
    Global Hit wrapped up Horse of the Year honours and sealed his passage to Dubai with a display of home straight dominance to secure a comfortable victory in the Grand Prix (1 7/16M KOR-G1) at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon, the horse and jockey Kim Hye-sun both sealing the biggest wins of their respective careers.
  • Sun, Dec 01, 2024
    Global Hit and Kim Hye Sun Bidding for Grand Prix Glory
    Sunday (Saturday night US) at Seoul Racecourse sees the 42nd running of the Grand Prix Stakes (1 7/16M KOR-G1), the final Group 1 race of the season and while with the advent of the Korea Cup, it is no longer the most valuable race on the calendar, in the eyes of many connections, it remains the most prestigious.
2024 November
  • Sat, Nov 30, 2024
    Global Hit and Kim Hye Sun bidding for Grand Prix glory
    Sunday at Seoul Racecourse sees the 42nd running of the Grand Prix Stakes (2300M KOR-G1), the final Group 1 race of the season and while with the advent of the Korea Cup, it is no longer the most valuable race on the calendar, in the eyes of many connections, it remains the most prestigious.
  • Sat, Nov 23, 2024
    Filly/Mare & juvenile finales set for Busan Sunday
    We’re a week away from the Grand Prix Stakes, the final Group race of the year, where Global Hit is expected to confirm his Horse of the Year elect status, but this Sunday at Busan, two other divisions will be decided as the fillies and mares complete their Stakes assignments in the Breeders’ Cup Queen (1800M KOR-Listed) while the juveniles do the same in the Breeders’ Cup Rookie (1400M KOR-G2).
2024 October
  • Sat, Oct 12, 2024
    GLOBAL HIT AND SPEED YOUNG HEADLINE PRESIDENT’S CUP SHOWDOWN
    It’s not the most valuable race on the calendar, that’s the Korea Cup, and nor is it the most prestigious, with that honour going to the Grand Prix Stakes. It is in the President’s Cup though where Korean racing legends tend to be made.
2024 September
  • Sun, Sep 08, 2024
    Keiai Dorie out of Sprint but Japan Still Favourite for Korea International Double
    Keiai Dorie was scratched from the Sprint on Saturday, but Japan-trained horses will still be hotly fancied to take out both the OBS Korea Cup (1 1/8M G3) and OBS Korea Sprint (6f G3) at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon. Both races are “Win & You’re In” qualifiers for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar in November.
2024 August
  • Sat, Aug 03, 2024
    Global Hit, Tuhonui Banseok head final local Korea Cup lead-Up
    The second leg of the Korea Premier Series, and final major domestic lead-up race to September’s international Korea Cup, takes place at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday as Global Hit heads a ten strong field in the KRA Cup Classic (2000M KOR-G2).
2024 July
2024 June
  • Sat, Jun 01, 2024
    Jeulgeounyeojeong poised for Queens’ Tour Sweep
    She won all three jewels in the Triple Tiara last season and now Jeulgeounyeojeong has the opportunity to repeat as having won the first two legs of the Queens’ Tour Spring/Summer, she bids to complete the set with victory in the KNN Cup (1600M KOR-G3) at Busan Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
2024 May
  • Sat, May 25, 2024
    Global Hit seeks stayer sweep in lunchtime tv showdown
    Global Hit can further establish himself as the top horse in Korea if he wins the Busan Mayor’s Cup (1800M KOR-G2) and in doing so complete a clean sweep of the Stayer Series in front of the SBS N Sports cameras at Busan Racecourse early on Sunday afternoon.
  • Sat, May 18, 2024
    Beolmaui Star and Eoma Eoma clash again in Sprint Series Finale
    The road to September’s Korea Sprint hots up on Sunday as the domestic Sprint Series reaches its conclusion with the SROA Chairman’s Sprint (1200M KOR-G2), a race that is being run for the first time with international Listed status, at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
  • Mon, May 13, 2024
    Eunpa Sarang stuns in Korean Derby
    Eunpa Sarang stalked and then pounced, and then won the Korean Derby (1800M KOR-G1), the second leg of the 2024 Korean Triple Crown, at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon, at odds of 47/1.
  • Sat, May 04, 2024
    Eclipse Berry red hot favourite in Korean Oaks
    Eclipse Berry enters the second leg of the Triple Tiara as hot favourite to take out the most prestigious jewel in the series, the Korean Oaks (1800M KOR-G2) at Busan Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
2024 April
  • Sun, Apr 28, 2024
    Jeulgeounyeojeong hard to oppose in Ttukseom Cup
    Jeulgeounyeojeong will start an odds-on favourite to confirm her position as the nation’s top filly or mare in the Ttukseom Cup (1400M KOR-G2), the second leg of the Queens’ Tour Spring/Summer, at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
  • Mon, Apr 22, 2024
    Global Hit overhauls Tuhonui Banseok in final stride to claim YTN Cup
    Tuhonui Banseok put up a valiant defence of his title, but Global Hit ultimately wrested it away from him with a last gasp drive to win the YTN Cup (2000M KOR-G3), the second leg of the Stayer Series, in the very final stride at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
  • Tue, Apr 09, 2024
    Success Baekpa swoops to win KRA Cup Mile
    If there is to be a Triple Crown winner this year, his name will be Success Baekpa after the Min Jang-gi trained colt roared home late to sweep past Nice Time to claim the first jewel, the KRA Cup Mile (1600M KOR-G2) at Busan Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
2024 March
  • Tue, Mar 19, 2024
    Derby winner Global Hit does the business on season debut
    Global Hit made his debut as an older horse and last year’s champion three-year-old stepped up to win the Herald Business Cup (2000M KOR-G3), the first leg of the 2024 Stayer Series at a sunny Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
2024 February
2024 January
2023 December
2023 November
  • Mon, Nov 20, 2023
    Winner’s Man completes G1 Grand Slam in President’s Cup coronation
    Winner’s Man eased away from his rivals and casually wrote his name into Korean racing lore at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon as in winning the President’s Cup (2000M KOR-G1) in emphatic fashion, he became the first horse ever to win four different Group 1 races in the country. He also became the highest earning Korean racehorse in history.
2023 October
  • Mon, Oct 16, 2023
    Winner's Man back on top in Cup Classic
    Winner’s Man may not have been able to retain the Korea Cup he won in 2022 when faced with the might of Japan’s Crown Pride and Gloria Mundi a month ago, but this year’s international race 3rd placegetter franked the form as he defeated his principle local rivals to win the KRA Cup Classic (2000M KOR-G2) at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
  • Fri, Oct 13, 2023
    Top locals from Korea cup re-assemble in cup classic Sunday
    The top-four local placegetters from September’s International Korea Cup will meet again at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday as the race towards the season-ending Grand Prix Stakes picks up full steam with the KRA Cup Classic (2000M KOR-G2).
  • Fri, Oct 06, 2023
    Viral sensation Lala K returns Sunday
    Lala K, the striking grey two-year-old who shocked the world with his scarcely believable last to first run to win the Seoul Rookie Stakes in August, returns to action at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday as he seeks to maintain his 100% start to his career in the Munhwa Ilbo Trophy (1200M KOR-Listed), the capital track’s first leg of the Juvenile Series.
2023 September
  • Sat, Sep 23, 2023
    Tiara Heroine Jeulgeounyeojeong to Tackle Raon First in Queens’ Tour Test Sunday
    The Queens’ Tour returns for it’s Fall and Winter series and while the top-two from the Spring and Summer, Raon The Spurt and Raon First return, the Park Jong-kon trained pair will have to contend with a newcomer as Triple Tiara winner Jeulgeounyeojeong will join them in the starting gate in the Jeju Governor’s Cup (1400M KOR-G3) at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
  • Sun, Sep 10, 2023
    Duke Wai brave as Japan lands both features in South Korea
    Hong Kong’s hopes of a second win in South Korea came unstuck this afternoon (Sunday, 10 September) as Japanese duo Remake and Crown Pride collected both Group 3 features on a warm afternoon at a packed to the rafters Seoul Racecourse.
  • Sat, Sep 09, 2023
    Top class line ups to contend Korea Cup and Sprint at Seoul Sunday
    A year after international racing returned to Korea on a raucous afternoon at Seoul Racecourse when Eoma Eoma and Winner’s Man carried off the spoils for the home nation, The Korea Cup and Korea Sprint return on Sunday for their sixth editions with two top class fields.
  • Sat, Sep 09, 2023
    Wide draws for Duke Wai and Apache Pass in South Korea
    Hong Kong’s hopes at Seoul racing’s international showcase were dealt challenging hands at Thursday’s (7 September) barrier draw, with Duke Wai pulling gate 11 of 15 in the G3 Korea Sprint (1200m, sand) and Apache Pass assigned 13 of 15 in the G3 Korea Cup (1800m, sand).
  • Wed, Sep 06, 2023
    Duke Wai, Apache Pass ready for South Korea challenge
    Trainer Pierre Ng is remaining upbeat about Hong Kong’s chances at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon (10 September) in South Korea when he saddles Duke Wai and Apache Pass for the G3 Korea Sprint (1200m, sand) and G3 Korea Cup (1800m, sand), respectively.
2023 August
2023 July
  • Tue, Jul 25, 2023
    Derby winner Global Hit adds Minister’s Cup glory
    Global Hit sealed his status as the nation’s top three-year-old as the Korean Derby winner produced another late surge up the inside to win the Minister’s Cup (2000M KOR-G2) at Seoul Racecourse on Saturday evening.
  • Sat, Jul 22, 2023
    Derby runner-up Naol Sniper can go one better as Triple Crown concludes
    Naol Sniper finished 2nd in both Seoul’s Classic Trial and also the Korean Derby, but he can go one better as the nation’s top-three-olds reassemble under the floodlights at Seoul Racecourse on Saturday evening in the Minister’s Cup (2000M KOR-G2), the final leg of the 2023 Korean Triple Crown.
  • Mon, Jul 17, 2023
    Stylish Jeulgeounyeojeong seals Triple Tiara sweep
    For the second year in a row the Triple Tiara series has been swept as Jeulgeounyeojeong emulated Golden Power by adding to her Luna Stakes and Korean Oaks successes with a resounding victory in the final jewel, the Gyeonggi Governor’s Cup (2000M KOR-G3) under the lights at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday evening.
  • Fri, Jul 14, 2023
    Jeulgeounyeojeong set for Triple Tiara sweep
    The Triple Tiara Series was swept last year by Golden Power and on Saturday under the lights at Seoul Racecourse Jeulgeounyeojeong will seek to emulate that feat as the Luna Stakes and Korean Oaks winner enters the gate as hot favourite to win the Gyeonggi Governor’s Cup (2000M KOR-G3), the concluding jewel.
2023 June
  • Mon, Jun 26, 2023
    Calm Strong goes back-to-back in KNN Cup
    For the second year in a row, Calm Strong was sent off in excess of 20/1 in the KNN Cup, the final leg of the Queens’ Tour Spring and Summer Series for fillies and mares.
  • Mon, Jun 19, 2023
    Super Ssonsal scores sensational SROA sprint success
    At the age of seven, Ssonsal hit the heights he had always promised as he swept home late to clean up Eoma Eoma and Raon First in the shadow of the post to win the SROA Chairman’s Sprint Trophy (1200M KOR-G3), the third leg of the Sprint Series, at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
  • Sat, Jun 17, 2023
    Eoma Eoma poised to reclaim sprinting spoils on Sunday
    Eoma Eoma has had mixed year so far, but the 2022 International Korea Sprint winner looks set to return to the top of the sprinting division on Sunday afternoon when he will start a short-price favourite for the Seoul Racehorse Owners’ Association (SROA) Chairman’s Sprint Trophy (1200M KOR-G3) at Seoul Racecourse.
  • Mon, Jun 05, 2023
    Jeulgeounyeojeong one step from tiara glory with Korean Oaks romp
    Jeulgeounyeojeong stamped her absolute authority over the three-year-old filly division as she progressed from her narrow win in the Luna Stakes to a commanding performance in the Korean Oaks (1800M KOR-G2), the second leg of the Triple Tiara, at Busan Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
2023 May
  • Mon, May 22, 2023
    Tuhonui Banseok stuns Winner’s Man by crushing margin as Bart Rice trains first Korean Group winner
    The second leg of the Stayer Series was every bit as one-sided as most expected. It just wasn’t the result most expected as Tuhonui Banseok produced a spectacular performance to beat defending Champion and Korea Cup and Grand Prix Stakes hero Winner’s Man by an astonishing eleven-lengths in the YTN Cup (2000M KOR-G3). It was a first Korean Group race win for both jockey Park Jae-I and trainer Bart Rice.
  • Tue, May 09, 2023
    Tiz Barows is the Chosun one
    Tiz Barows unleashed a burst of acceleration that none of his twelve rivals could match as he fully justified his odds-on status to run away with the Sports Chosun Trophy (2000M Listed) at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
2023 April
  • Mon, Apr 17, 2023
    Winner’s Man cruises to successful Herald Business defense
    Winner’s Man won the opening leg of the Stayer Series a year ago on his way to a clean sweep, and at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon, he demonstrated he has lost none of his superiority at the longer distances with a comfortable defence of the Herald Business Cup (2000M KOR-G3).
  • Fri, Apr 07, 2023
    Raon First should be too good as Queens’ Tour Spring kicks off
    This year’s “Queens’ Tour” for fillies and mares is split into two separate three-race series and Raon First headlines the opener leg of the “Spring and Summer” tour in the Donga Ilbo Trophy (Listed – 1800M) at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
  • Tue, Apr 04, 2023
    Raon The Fighter crushes all in Busan Ilbo Sprint
    Raon The Fighter made a high-class field, including the reigning Korea Sprint champion Eoma Eoma, look very ordinary as he ran out a dominant winner of the first Group race of the season, the Busan Ilbo Sprint (1200M KOR-G3) at Busan on Sunday afternoon.
2023 March
  • Fri, Mar 31, 2023
    Eoma Eoma and Raon The Fighter clash in Busan Ilbo Sprint on Sunday
    Busan hosts the first real heavyweight clash of 2023 on Sunday, and it really doesn’t get much bigger as Korea Cup and Grand Prix Stakes runner-up Raon The Fighter drops back in trip to renew hostilities with Korea Sprint winner Eoma Eoma in the Busan Ilbo Sprint (Sunday April 2: Race 6 G3-1200M).
  • Sat, Mar 25, 2023
    Mile sets tricky test for class 1 contenders at Seoul Sunday
    The mile at Seoul Racecourse, beginning on a spur with horses turning almost immediately after the start has its detractors, but it comes of age on Sunday with the distance being the stage for the Class 1 feature for the first time since January of 2020.
  • Tue, Mar 21, 2023
    Betelgeuse shines bright while something lost stays unbeaten
    Betelgeuse put down a huge marker on the road to the Triple Crown, overcoming adversity to win the Gyeongnam Shinmun Trophy at Busan, while at Seoul, Something Lost overcame the market to maintain his unbeaten record and lead all the way in the Sports Seoul Trophy.
  • Fri, Mar 17, 2023
    Betelgeuse, Naol Sniper head Cassic Trial fields
    The Triple Crown trail hots up on Sunday as both Busan and Seoul host their official Classic Trials, the Gyeongnam Shinmun Trophy and the Sports Seoul Trophy, both over seven-furlongs, with the first jewel in the Crown, the KRA Cup Mile, six weeks away.
  • Fri, Mar 03, 2023
    Wow Wow out to stun again at Seoul
    Wow Wow ran out a 47/1 winner of January’s Segye Ilbo Trophy (1200M KOR-Listed) and the four-year-old gets a chance to prove that was no fluke when he lines up once more against that day’s beaten favourite, RAON THE SPURT in the Class 1 feature handicap over 1400M at Seoul on Sunday.
2023 February
  • Sat, Feb 25, 2023
    Korea Cup and Sprint champions Winner’s Man and Eoma Eoma to return Sunday
    Korea Cup runner-up Raon The Fighter made an impressive season debut last weekend at Seoul, crushing a class 1 field by ten-lengths. This Sunday it’s the turn of the horse that beat in the Cup, Winner’s Man, as well as Korea sprint winner Eoma Eoma to make their own seasonal reappearances.
  • Sat, Feb 18, 2023
    Raon The Fighter to make season debut Sunday to Seoul
    The emerging rivalry between Winner’s Man and Raon The Fighter for the unofficial title of best horse in Korea was one of the stories of 2022 and while they won’t be facing one another until April’s G3 Herald Business Trophy at the earliest, both five-year-olds are in line for tune-ups before February is out.
2023 January
  • Tue, Jan 31, 2023
    Raon favorites wowed In Segye Ilbo Trophy
    Wow Wow came from off the pace to score a 46/1 upset in the Segye Ilbo Trophy at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon, leaving the green colours of the hotly fancied “Raon” pair, Raon First and Raon The Spurt, back down the track behind him.
  • Fri, Jan 27, 2023
    Raons to clash as Segye Ilbo trophy opens stakes season at Seoul Sunday
    Horses with the word “Raon” in their names took home eight Korean Listed or Graded races in 2022 and as the 2023 Stakes race season kicks off at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday with the Segye Ilbo Trophy (1200M KOR-Listed), two of those winners in the green silks of owner Son Chun-soo are set to be at the top of the market as the six-year-old mare and defending champion Raon First, clashes with up-and-coming stablemate and potential heir-apparent, four-year-old filly Raon The Spurt.
2022 December
2022 November
  • Mon, Nov 28, 2022
    Raon juggernaut roars on as Raon The Spurt romps Queens’ Tour final
    After a campaign of mainly coming off second-best when it really counts, Raon The Spurt finally got her reward in the shape of a big Group race win as she dominated the Gyeongnam Governor’s Cup (2000M KOR-G2) at Busan on Sunday afternoon, securing the final leg of the Queens’ Tour for herself and the overall series title for stablemate Raon First.
  • Fri, Nov 25, 2022
    Raon The Spurt can avenge Tiara defeats in Queens’ Tour finale
    The Queens’ Tour reaches its conclusion at Busan on Sunday afternoon with the Gyeongnam Governor’s Cup (2000M KOR-G3) and while the leader of the series and the nation’s top filly or mare, Raon First, isn’t in attendance following her President’s Cup heroics two weeks ago, a solid field of sixteen will take their chance.
  • Tue, Nov 08, 2022
    Hangang Ace stumbles at Seoul as Fantastic Kingdom maintains streak at Busan
    Fantastic Kingdom maintained his dominance of the juvenile ranks at Busan by winning the Gimhae Mayor’s Trophy, but at Seoul Hangang Ace spilled his jockey at the start ensuring that a new name would claim the NACF Chairman’s Trophy. That name would prove to be Saenae Town who came through late to score in a topsy-turvy finish.
2022 October
  • Mon, Oct 24, 2022
    Franco Trebles but Victoire left frustrated In double-ton hunt
    Franco Da Silva moved to within two wins of the three-hundred mark in Korea, riding four winners across the weekend; trainer Peter Wolsley sent out a treble on Friday, but a series of bad luck saw Johan Victoire stall for at least one more week in his bid to reach two-hundred Korean winners.
  • Mon, Oct 17, 2022
    Sensational Raon The Fighter crushes field in KRA Cup Classic Cruise
    Raon The Fighter delivered a consummate display of excellence at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon, effortlessly crossing to the front and proceeding to run the rest out of the race to win the KRA Cup Classic (2000M KOR-G2) in front of a raucous 27,000 strong crowd.
  • Tue, Oct 11, 2022
    Dominant Wish Me lands Jeju prize in record-setting style
    Wish Me produced the performance of her career to dominate the Jeju Governor’s Cup (1400M KOR-G3) at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday, leading from gate-to-wire and shaving a tenth of a second off Eoma Eoma’s track record for the distance in the process.
  • Fri, Oct 07, 2022
    Raon The Spurt can avenge Filly Triple Crown losses in Jeju Cup
    Filly Triple Crown winner Golden Power returns to Seoul on Sunday as Group races resume in the capital. But the three-year-old will have her work cut out to if she is to prevent Raon The Spurt from gaining a modicum of revenge for her Triple Crown losses in the Jeju Governor’s Cup (1400M KOR-G3).
  • Mon, Oct 03, 2022
    Hangang Ace and Fantastic Kingdom land juvenile spoils
    There were short-priced favourites in both Seoul and Busan’s opening legs of the Juvenile Series on Sunday afternoon but while Fantastic Kingdom obliged in facile fashion in the Areundaun Jilju Stakes on the South Coast, in the capital Giant Punch could only manage 3rd as Hangang Ace claimed the Munhwa Ilbo Trophy.
2022 September
  • Fri, Sep 30, 2022
    Juvenile series kicks off Sunday at Seoul and Busan
    The race to determine Korea’s number one Champion Two-Year-Old gets underway in earnest on Sunday afternoon as both Seoul and Busan host their respective first legs of the Juvenile Series.
  • Mon, Sep 05, 2022
    Eoma Eoma and Winner’s Man secure sensational Sprint and Cup double
    The home team took the honours on Sunday afternoon at Seoul Racecourse as Eoma Eoma ground down a brave Raptus to win the Korea Sprint while Winner’s Man led home a local one-two with Raon The Fighter to land the Korea Cup and in doing so, become the first Korean bred and trained winner of one of the races.
  • Sat, Sep 03, 2022
    Korean stars Eoma Eoma and Raon The Fighter draw wide in Group 3 Sprint & Cup
    The barrier draws have been set for this Sunday’s (4 September) G3 Korea Sprint (1200m, sand) and G3 Korea Cup (1800m, sand) and some of the leading local contenders have been handed tough assignments with Eoma Eoma having to contend with the widest gate of twelve in the Sprint and Raon The Fighter ten of thirteen in the Cup.
  • Fri, Sep 02, 2022
    Local stars Eoma Eoma and Raon The Fighter have wide asks in Cup & Sprint
    The barrier draws have been set for this Sunday’s Korea Sprint (1200M) and Korea Cup (1800M) and some of the leading local contenders have been handed tough assignments with Eoma Eoma having to contend with the widest gate of twelve in the Sprint and Raon The fighter ten of thirteen in the Cup.
2022 August
  • Wed, Aug 31, 2022
    Korea Sprint & Cup preview
    Korea Racing Authority (KRA) host their Cup and Sprint this Sunday. Jo Kim hosts an expert form panel to preview the feature meeting and discuss the international contenders from the UK, Hong Kong & Japan.
2022 July
  • Mon, Jul 25, 2022
    Raon The Fighter roars back in Owner’s Cup
    Raon The Fighter roared back into the winner’s circle at Busan Racecourse on Sunday afternoon, running his rivals off their feet for a statement victory in the Owners’ Cup (1600M KOR-G3).
  • Mon, Jul 18, 2022
    Calm Strong lands KNN as out of sorts Raon First well beaten
    23/1 chance Calm Strong led from gate-to-wire and held off the closing pack to win the KNN Cup (1600M KOR-G3), the third leg of the 2022 Queens’ Tour at Busan Racecourse on Sunday afternoon, with hot favourite Raon First well back down the field.


2024 September