Preventing Racehorse 'Switching Accidents' with Big Data... Korea Racing Authority Busan-Gyeongnam Racing Park Introduces 'Individual Identification Monitoring System'

The individual is being identified using a racehorse identification reader.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Currently, about 900 racehorses reside at the Busan-Gyeongnam Racing Park.

These racehorses are identified before participating in weekly races or before medical examinations, such as testing for prohibited substances, to ensure the correct horse is being treated.

This is similar to verifying a person’s identity by checking their resident registration card.

The Korea Racing Authority Busan-Gyeongnam Racing Park announced on the 19th that it plans to introduce a ‘Racehorse Identification Monitoring System’ utilizing racehorse big data to prevent accidents caused by mistaken identification of racehorses.

Until now, racehorse identification was done by holding an identification reader to a microchip attached to the horse’s neck, displaying a number, and visually inspecting it, which posed a high risk of horse mix-up accidents.

The ‘Racehorse Identification System’ developed for the first time by the Busan-Gyeongnam Racing Park is connected to all racehorse-related big data and race plans available on the domestic internet.

The system displays the horse’s name, date of birth, and various personal details, as well as physical characteristics, on a large monitor so that multiple staff members can verify them using a computer and identification reader.

If an incorrect racehorse attempts to participate, the system automatically issues a warning to prevent the horse from entering the race.

A Korea Racing Authority official said, “The system demonstrated accurate inspection capabilities and stable operation during a two-week test period, and it will be distributed to three racetracks nationwide as soon as on-site testing is completed. We will develop and distribute various digital technology-based solutions to ensure stable race operations.”

Since 1994, the Korea Racing Authority has required the injection of a 0.5mm diameter RFID microchip into the neck of racehorses for identification purposes.

Before RFID technology, specialized personnel had to identify racehorses using documents detailing the horses’ characteristics.

However, since the introduction of RFID technology, racehorses can be identified doubly through RFID readers.

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