A former president and two others were honored with a presentation of director emeritus plaques by Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey President Tom Luchento at the organization’s monthly meeting on March 11, 2008 at Favorites in Woodbridge. Anthony Parenti, SBOANJ president from 1991 through 2005, as well as Taylor Palmer Jr. and Thomas A. D’Altrui, were awarded director emeritus status “in recognition of (their) years of outstanding service.”
Parenti, a horse owner since 1975, served on the SBOANJ board of directors for nearly 20 years, beginning in 1986. During his presidency, he initiated Go to Help, a substance abuse program which provides alcohol and drug abuse counseling for New Jersey horsemen. He also worked to remove the hub rail, bring in the slanted starting gate, develop leg races, provide Workers Compensation, eliminate partnership fees, purchase the SBOA’s building and ban bent shaft sulkies.
The “Chief”–Parenti was police chief in Fanwood, N.J. until 1997–also pressed for higher purses and negotiated with the racetracks to bring in more than $5 million to the Health and Welfare Fund. After 41 years with the Fanwood Police Department, Parenti was director of the John H. Stamler Police Academy until 2007 when he ran for and was elected to the council in Fanwood.
D’Altrui was on the SBOANJ board for 15 years, the last two as vice president. He also has served on the New Jersey Sire Stakes Board for six years and is starting his second term as chairman. He has been associated with the family’s breeding farm, DI Farms in Hillsborough, N.J., since 1972 and is now its president.
Palmer’s Boxwood Farm, a 145-acre facility in central-western Manalapan, NJ, became the 1000th farm in New Jersey to be enrolled in New Jersey’s Planning Incentive Grant program for farmland preservation in 2004. Since 1953, Palmer has owned the farm which has been in his family for five generations. Boxwood engages in boarding, breeding and sales prep.
Palmer was a board member from 1982 to 2007, chairing the Breeders and Finance Committees as well as serving as treasurer for several years. (SBOANJ)
|
Home :: News Archive :: Racing Reports :: Sale Reports :: Calendars :: Guide Directory :: Contact The Staff
Advertising Rates & Information For: Horseman And Fair World Magazine :: HarnessRacing.com :: Harness Racing Weekend Preview
Website Design by eLink Design, Inc. A Lexington Web Design Company :: Hosted by Intelliwire, LLC, An Offsite Backup Company
Site contents may not be reproduced without the expressed written consent of the publisher.
© 2012 Horseman Publishing Co., Lexington KY, All Rights Reserved
Advertising Rates & Information For: Horseman And Fair World Magazine :: HarnessRacing.com :: Harness Racing Weekend Preview
Website Design by eLink Design, Inc. A Lexington Web Design Company :: Hosted by Intelliwire, LLC, An Offsite Backup Company
Site contents may not be reproduced without the expressed written consent of the publisher.
© 2012 Horseman Publishing Co., Lexington KY, All Rights Reserved