Archive for Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Bo Derek to join horse racing board
The panel licenses trainers, jockeys, horse owners and others in the industry.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed actress Bo Derek to the California Horse Racing Board on Tuesday.
Derek, 51, best known for a cornrow hairstyle and beach run in the 1979 movie “10,” is a Republican, an animal rights activist and author of “Riding Lessons: Everything That Matters in Life I Learned From Horses.” She has also served as spokeswoman for the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act and owns a pet care products company called Bless the Beasts, according to Schwarzenegger’s announcement.
The seven gubernatorial appointees to the board license nearly 14,000 trainers, jockeys, owners and others involved in a multibillion-dollar industry.
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