The 2nd Areumdawoon Jilju Stakes, ‘Fantastic Kingdom’s Fantastic Solo Run’

At the Areumdawoon Jilju Stakes awards ceremony, Fantastic Kingdom is taking a commemorative photo after receiving the award.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] On the 2nd, the ‘2nd Areumdawoonjilju Stakes’ championship race was held at the Busan-Gyeongnam Race Park.

The ‘Areumdawoonjilju Stakes’ is a competition named after ‘Areumdawoonjilju,’ one of the legendary horses in the history of Busan-Gyeongnam Race Park.

The competition serves as the first gateway of the ‘Juvenile Series,’ which determines the best domestic 2-year-old horse. It was first held last year and is now in its second year.

Fantastic Kingdom quickly took the lead from the start of the race. As the finish line approached, the gap widened further, and without any upsets, it easily won by 5 lengths ahead of the second place.

The winner of the ‘2nd Areumdawoonjilju Stakes’ was ‘Fantastic Kingdom (2 years old, colt, Korea),’ a horse that had already attracted attention by winning the 2-year-old special race ‘Rookie Stakes@Bukyeong’ held on August 28, with a prize of 200 million won.

Fantastic Kingdom was sold at the highest price of 157 million won at the Korea Racing Horse Breeders Association auction last October.

Given the considerable auction price, the expectations of those involved with the horse were high, and with this championship win, it proved its ability and has already earned prize money exceeding its value.

Fantastic Kingdom’s trainer is Lim Geum-man, who trained ‘Glory Legend,’ the winner of last year’s ‘1st Areumdawoonjilju Stakes.’ The jockey is Seo Seung-woon, who is enjoying the peak of his career this year by sweeping the Stayer Series and the Korea Cup.

The race video of the ‘2nd Areumdawoonjilju Stakes’ can be viewed again on the Korea Racing Authority’s horse racing information website tab.

Fantastic Kingdom will also compete in the Juvenile Series’ second stage ‘Gimhae Mayor’s Cup’ held on November 6 and the ‘Breeders’ Cup’ held on December 4, vying for the title of the best 2-year-old horse of the year.

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