It is host to many of Korea's most valuable thoroughbred horse races including the Korean Derby and Grand Prix.

In South Korea, the racecourse has been misleading with the negative image of gambling and speculative facilities and has been distorted into a socially problematic place.

Following the closure of the Sinseol-dong track, a new racetrack was constructed at Ttukseom, on the north bank of the Han River In February 1983, after South Korea was awarded the 1988 Summer Olympics, the KRA was given the task of organising the equestrian events.

[1] The Ttukseom Racetrack was inadequate; the KRA acquired a new site south of Seoul in Gwacheon Gyeonggi-do, where the equestrian (except the individual-jumping final) and the riding portion of the modern pentathlon events were held.

The track can accommodate more than 80,000 spectators; in 2003 a second grandstand, "Luckyville", was opened alongside the existing "Happyville".

Races are run on an oval artificial sand-based track with a two-furlong home straight.

The width from the 2300m starting point to the finish line of the outer perimeter straight track is 30m.