LetsRunPark Busan-Gyeongnam Announces February Horse Racing Schedule... Closed During Lunar New Year Holiday

Horse Racing: 66 Races in Seoul and 42 in Bukyeong Over 3 Weeks

LetsRun Park Busan-Gyeongnam announced its horse racing schedule for February this year.

In February, a total of 42 Busan-Gyeongnam races will be held over 6 days across 3 weeks. Every Friday, 8 races from Jeju and 8 races from Busan-Gyeongnam will be broadcast. On Saturdays, 11 races from Seoul and 6 races from Jeju will be broadcast. On Sundays, 11 races from Seoul will be broadcast along with 6 races from Busan-Gyeongnam.

The number of horses entered per race is set between a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 16 for regular races, and between a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 14 for graded stakes races. The first race on Fridays starts at 11:00 AM, with the last race starting at 6:00 PM. On Saturdays and Sundays, the first race starts at 10:35 AM, and the last race starts at 6:00 PM.

This year, the graded stakes race schedule begins earlier than last year. Starting with the “Segye Ilbo Cup (L, 1200m)” held at LetsRun Park Seoul on February 18, the “Sports Seoul Cup (L, 1400m)” will be held on the 25th.

On the same day, LetsRun Park Busan-Gyeongnam will host the “Gyeongnam Shinmun Cup (L, 1400m),” marking the opening of this year’s graded stakes races. Among the three graded stakes races held in February, the only open race is the “Segye Ilbo Cup.” An open race is a race open to horses qualified to participate regardless of their home racetrack affiliation.

In February, ahead of the major traditional holiday Seollal, a “Seollal Blessing Rice Cake Sharing” event will be held to express gratitude for customer support. The event will take place on February 4 from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM near the main entrance ticket booth of LetsRun Park Busan-Gyeongnam. Employees of LetsRun Park Busan-Gyeongnam will greet visitors entering the park and distribute over 4,000 honey baeksulgi rice cakes along with New Year greetings.

From February 9 to 11, which includes the Seollal holiday, horse racing will be suspended, and the park facilities at LetsRun Park Busan-Gyeongnam will also be closed during that week.

Horse racing scene at LetsRun Park Busan-Gyeongnam.

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