On Sunday, September 4, two high-prize international races in South Korea, the Korean Sprint (1,200 meters, sand) and the Korean Cup (1,800 meters), will be held on the sand track of Seoul Racecourse.
The Korea Cup and the Korea Short Distance Championship returned to international horse racing after a two-year absence and were upgraded to the international tertiary for the first time. At that time, Jiasi from Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom will challenge the home team for prize money of up to one billion won in each game.
It is understood that the Hong Kong region will send the "golden armor" of Luo Fuquan's stable to compete for the Korean Cup and Ding Guanhao's "intelligence of the watch" to compete for the Korean short-distance championship, and both colts will be reined by Cai Mingshao.
"Golden Armor"
In fact, hong Kong and Malaysia's most recent overseas expeditions have to be traced back to 2019. Two and a half years ago, "Leopard Head" and "Free" went to South Korea to participate in the International Invitational. Since then, due to various reasons such as the global epidemic, no Hong Kong horse has ever gone out to compete. Even the Horse King", such as "Golden Gun Sixty", "Jia Long Ju" (deceased), "Beautiful Heritage" (retired), etc., are only willing to stay in Hong Kong as the local king.
Now that the "Golden Armor" and "Table Intelligence" can finally be completed, it can be regarded as comforting the long-term loss of many horse fans.
"The Intelligence of Tables"
However, as Japanese horses have been allowed to compete in South Korea, it will not be easy for Hong Kong horses to win the championship in this race.
Looking back at previous competitions, the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Korea Cup winners were all won by The Japanese Colt. In 2018, Japan's representative "London Town" not only successfully defended the title in the Korean Cup, but also won an impressive fifteen horse positions against its opponents. It can be said that the Korean race was once the world of Japanese horses.
It is understood that the "Korea Short-distance Championship" and "Korea Cup" were created by the Korean Jockey Club and were first held on September 11, 2016 at the Sand Track Runway in Seoul, South Korea.
In 2019, this friction continued to ferment due to Japan's tightening of censorship and control over semiconductor materials exported to South Korea, triggering a trade dispute between the two countries. South Korean people's antipathy toward Japan has risen, and many shopping malls and supermarkets have launched a "boycott of Japanese goods" campaign. Affected by this incident, the Korea Racing Authority also announced that Japanese horses are banned from participating in the Korea International.
Affected by the epidemic, the Korean Jockey Club has suspended the "Korea Short-distance Championship" and "Korea Cup" in the past two years, and did not resume until September 4 this year.