California horse racing chairman steps down
California Horse Racing Board Chairman Richard Shapiro resigned his position yesterday at the board's monthly meeting at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia.
“No one asked me to do this; to the contrary, I have been asked to stay,” Shapiro said in a 10-paragraph statement announcing his resignation that came as a surprise to fellow board members.
The Shapiro-led board of the past four years could not be criticized for inactivity. It mandated synthetic racing surfaces for the state's major tracks and took an aggressive stance regarding drug testing and enforcement of penalties, especially in the areas of excessive carbon dioxide levels – so-called milkshaking – and more recently steroids.
However, on Shapiro's watch the Bay Meadows track in San Mateo has been closed for commercial development and Hollywood Park appears destined for the same fate in the next year or two.
Shapiro is the third board member to step down in 2008 following Marie Moretti on March 31 and John Amerman on May 28.
In early July, Governor Schwarzenneger appointed David Israel and Bo Derek to replace Amerman and Moretti.
Shapiro, 55, from Hidden Hills, is a former president of Western Harness Racing. He owns and serves as president of Winco Real Estate Services Inc. in Calabasas.
Board membership is essentially a voluntary position although there is some monetary compensation.
“No one asked me to do this; to the contrary, I have been asked to stay,” Shapiro said in a 10-paragraph statement announcing his resignation that came as a surprise to fellow board members.
The Shapiro-led board of the past four years could not be criticized for inactivity. It mandated synthetic racing surfaces for the state's major tracks and took an aggressive stance regarding drug testing and enforcement of penalties, especially in the areas of excessive carbon dioxide levels – so-called milkshaking – and more recently steroids.
However, on Shapiro's watch the Bay Meadows track in San Mateo has been closed for commercial development and Hollywood Park appears destined for the same fate in the next year or two.
Shapiro is the third board member to step down in 2008 following Marie Moretti on March 31 and John Amerman on May 28.
In early July, Governor Schwarzenneger appointed David Israel and Bo Derek to replace Amerman and Moretti.
Shapiro, 55, from Hidden Hills, is a former president of Western Harness Racing. He owns and serves as president of Winco Real Estate Services Inc. in Calabasas.
Board membership is essentially a voluntary position although there is some monetary compensation.
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