Korea Racing Authority Launches Public Contest to Change Horse Industry Terminology

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] The Korea Racing Authority is conducting a public contest to change horse industry terms in order to make difficult or potentially misleading terms used in the horse industry and equestrian industry more friendly and easier to understand from the customer's perspective.

This initiative to revise horse industry terminology began when Chairman Jeong Gi-hwan suggested that some horse industry terms might be difficult to understand and could cause misunderstandings, so they should be revised to convey their meanings more clearly.

The term change contest targets terms used in horse production and training, horse utilization, horse industry professionals, horse registration, and horse industry statistics related to the horse industry.

Although the Korea Racing Authority has revised 288 horse racing terms over four rounds since 1989, this is the first time it is revising terms related to the horse industry.

The public contest period started on the 17th of last month and will run for four weeks until the 13th of next month, with applications accepted via email.

After the contest ends, the terms will be reviewed and finalized by the Horse Industry Terminology Revision Committee following supervision by the National Institute of the Korean Language and internal and external feedback collection.

The results will be announced in December, and those whose terms are finally selected will receive merchandise featuring the Korea Racing Authority’s representative character ‘Malma (말馬)’.

Detailed information about the horse industry term change contest can be found on the Korea Racing Authority website and the Horse Industry Information Portal Hospia website.

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