Mostly cloudy with showers and a few thunderstorms trained by Danny Gargan and ridden by Luis Saez wins the 156th running of Grade I Belmont Stakes during Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs on Saturday SARATOGA SPRINGS - Photos from the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content Start of the 156th running of Grade I Belmont Stakes during Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs on Saturday wins the 156th Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday hold off Mindframe to win the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes in front of a sellout crowd of 50,000 at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday holds off Mindframe to win the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on June 8 Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Have the latest food and drink articles delivered to your inbox every Thursday Have the latest local news delivered every afternoon so you don't miss out on updates Sign up today to receive email newsletters of local daily obituaries Get the Register Star and Daily Mail E-edition delivered directly to your inbox Have the latest local news delivered every morning so you don't miss out on updates Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account “We’re proud to be chosen to host the Curtis Cup in 2028 we want to support the highest level of amateur golf and believe our Championship Course will provide a fitting platform for the players.“We have worked closely with The R&A on a number of championships in the past and we look forward to continuing that relationship to make it one of the best matches possible.“The Curtis Cup is also going to be a tremendous occasion for the local area With the Championship Course consistently ranked highly in global standings and the investment in our infrastructure as we build a new clubhouse a match of this standing and stature will only enhance the reputation of Royal Dornoch the town and the local area.” The dates of the Curtis Cup match in 2028 will be confirmed at a later date The 2026 match will be played at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles from June 12 to 14 Home  |  Tournaments  |  Courses  |  Equipment  |  Players  |  Rankings  |  About Us  |  Contact A screenshot in a village chat causes the SVP Dornach to stumble: Candidate Chris Rothenfluh is relieved of all offices - and the election campaign goes off the rails A digital storm has broken out in tranquil Dornach in the canton of Solothurn: A screenshot was shared in a WhatsApp village chat with around 400 members at the weekend - and it caused political fallout even before the buttons stopped clicking. This was reported by "bzbasel.ch". At the center of the excitement: Christoph Rothenfluh municipal council candidate and board member of the SVP Dornach He is accused of making trans-hostile comments on Platform X in the summer of 2023 - towards a Trump supporter After screenshots of this statement appeared in the chat Rothenfluh initially denied it - only to later admit authorship to his party the SVP Dornach relieved Rothenfluh of all his offices the party clearly distanced itself from "hate speech" and insisted on "respect and decency" It is questionable whether Rothenfluh will even remain on the list for the municipal elections next Sunday - his withdrawal in the event of an election is already considered certain A special crisis team has now been set up to examine the internal processes An extraordinary general meeting after April 13 will clarify how the SVP Dornach will proceed But the matter also has a political dimension: Giovanni Acconcia sees the revelations as a targeted campaign against Rothenfluh and his party the incumbent mayor and one of the four moderators of the village chat Urech did not stop the discussion even though Rothenfluh was still presumed innocent The screenshots uncovered were of two newly added chat members with numbers from Germany and the UK - a detail that the SVP interprets as further evidence of a planned action Urech himself remains calm: He had seen no reason to interrupt the discussion as no one had been offended and Rothenfluh was a "person of public interest" He had also spoken to SVP members and Rothenfluh after the allegations became public The timing could hardly have been more delicate: The municipal council elections are taking place in Dornach next Sunday in which Rothenfluh would have been a candidate the second round of the Solothurn cantonal council elections is also taking place - with Daniel Urech as a candidate a screenshot - and a community that suddenly finds itself in the middle of a political state of emergency The SVP Dornach is now faced with the task of filling the resulting vacuum - and winning back the trust of voters brings together a strong field of 11 in one of the last three major prep races for the Kentucky Derby in four weeks the other two being the Wood Memorial Stakes in New York and the Santa Anita Derby in California Each of the three races awards 200 total Kentucky Derby qualifying points to eligible horses with 100-50-25-15-10 going to the top five finishers The Grade 1 Blue Grass at 1 1/8 miles features the rematch between Dornoch and Sierra Leone who were separated by a nose when first and second in the G2 Remsen Stakes at the same distance last fall Dornoch won the G2 Fountain of Youth Stakes while Sierra Leone won the G2 Risen Star Stakes so both colts enter the Blue Grass in peak form outbattles Sierra Leone to narrowly prevail in the Remsen (G2) Another horse entering off a strong effort is Encino who won the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes five weeks ago Epic Ride finished second in that race and is another who may have a say in the outcome Just a Touch finished second in the G3 Gotham Stakes last month and hopes to add the necessary points to join the field in the starting gate at Churchill Downs next month with a top effort Good Money will be trying to improve off his fourth-place finish in the G3 Tampa Bay Derby on March 9 Seize the Grey will be attempting to improve off a third-place finish in the G3 Jeff Ruby Steaks two weeks ago If he does he may give Hall of Fame trainer D Wayne Lukas another Derby entrant to go along with Just Steel who finished second in the G1 Arkansas Derby last weekend who finished third in the G3 Lecomte Stakes when last seen in January is another colt needing first- or second-place points to run in the Derby Be You and Top Conor both take a significant jump in class after earning their first career wins in their most recent starts Mugatu has won once in 11 career starts and was most recently eighth in the Rushaway Stakes two weeks ago Analysis and top contenders:There is little doubt this year’s Blue Grass Stakes goes through Dornoch and Sierra Leone both who have demonstrated exceptional talent in eight combined career starts to date Sierra Leone will get top billing based on the authoritative way he won the Risen Star in his most recent start and because the effort came at the same 1 1/8-mile distance of the Blue Grass Sierra Leone lagged back in ninth in the early stages in a field of 12 and was still seventh with a quarter mile to run Showing an incredible burst of sustained speed when asked to run by jockey Tyler Gaffalione Sierra Leone was fourth after another 220 yards had been run then was first after another 100 yards or so That effort earned the colt a 98 Equibase Speed Figure which is highly likely to be improved upon in his second race after coming back from 2 ½ months off Sierra Leone rallied from 10th to the lead in the blink of an eye in the Remsen Stakes in December only to beaten in the final yards by Dornoch who had run three times prior to that compared to once for Sierra Leone Not only did his inexperience cost him the win that day it might have been the case Sierra Leone suffered from a lack of focus after making the lead This was remedied by the addition of blinkers for the Risen Star and is the reason I believe Dornoch will not finish in front of Sierra Leone in the Blue Grass as well as in the Kentucky Derby next month Dornoch is a very talented horse whose sire Good Magic won the 2018 Blue Grass Stakes before a runner-up finish in the Kentucky Derby. Additionally, although it has been bandied about quite a bit this Derby season, some of you may not know Dornoch is also a full brother to 2023 Derby winner Mage who was also sired by Good Magic out of the dam Puca Dornoch has certainly lived up to the expectation of his brother as he finished second in his first two races and has won all three since then including the Remsen Stakes in December and the Fountain of Youth in March following three months away from the races Since his win in the Remsen came at the distance of the Blue Grass the fact the Fountain of Youth victory came at a shorter distance isn’t a concern particularly noting Dornoch earned a career-best 102 figure in the Fountain of Youth which can be expected to be improved upon in his second start as a 3-year-old Dornoch put in a very strong half-mile drill which was the best of 35 at the distance on the day setting the stage for what could be an epic battle with Sierra Leone in the race The rest of the field, with their best Equibase Speed Figures, is Be You (94), Epic Ride (98), Good Money (82), Lat Long (88), Mugatu (92), Seize the Grey (93) and Top Conor (79). Win Contenders:Sierra LeoneDornochOther contenders:EncinoJust a Touch $1 Million Toyota Blue Grass Stakes – Grade 1Keeneland, Saturday, April 6Race 10 – Post Time 5:52 PM E.T.3-Year-Olds, 1 1/8 Miles Ellis also writes "Race of the Day" and "Race of the Week" blogs with analysis and selections for tracks such as Keeneland Santa Anita and Woodbine as well as other websites You can follow Ellis' insights and links to his blogs on X (formerly twitter) @ubercapper and the debates surrounding trainer Bob Baffert The information on this page is intended for journalists If you click NO you will come back to Mynewsdesk.com biodynamic farming and Anthroposophical Medicine are rooted in the anthroposophical approach developed by Rudolf Steiner But the effectiveness of his work was not to be taken for granted as events organized at and around the Goetheanum for the 100th anniversary of his death on 30 March will illustrate Rudolf Steiner met with much resistance and his concerns were not always openly received his view of a creative relationship between the sensory physical and the spiritual world as a source for forces of renewal was not accessible to everyone he was joined by others with whose help the anthroposophical approach was able to inspire many spheres of life An exhibition on Rudolf Steiner‘s life and work at the Goetheanum reflects on these developments by tracing his biography chronologically and by presenting the spheres of life inspired by him The exhibition was developed by Christiane Haid One of the speakers at the preview will be the National Councillor and member of the ‘Rudolf Steiner 100’ patronage committee Many public references to Rudolf Steiner can be found in his birthplace Donji Kraljevec in Croatia Public tributes will be paid to him in the presence of the current mayors of both towns with the inauguration of a commemorative plaque and a bronze recast of Rudolf Steiner‘s suitcase at the Dornach Arlesheim railway station in Switzerland there will be a panel discussion on ‘Rudolf Steiner and the 20th/21st century A conference with a commemorative concert will honour Rudolf Steiner‘s life work with presentations of the contemporary and current areas of research and activity both at the Goetheanum and worldwide and with multiple initiatives around the Goetheanum Campus Events (Web in German) steiner100.ch Special guided tours (Web in German) tickets.goetheanum.ch/5FRS Contact person Rosario Gabrielli 3 pm Panel discussion (in German) Rudolf Steiner and the 20th and 21st Century. Inspiration and ChallengeWith Eugen Blume, Philip Ursprung, Martina Maria Sam and Walter Kugler. Moderator: Christiane HaidWeb (in German) goetheanum.ch/de/veranstaltungen/podium-zu-aus-des-kosmos-geist-entzuenden 5 pm Preview Rudolf Steiner Exhibition (in German)‘Igniting out of cosmic spirit. Rudolf Steiner. Life and Work 1861–1925’With a welcome address by Solothurn National Councillor Felix WettsteinThe exhibition (with panels in German and English) will run until 1 January 2026.Web (in German) goetheanum.ch/de/veranstaltungen/aus-des-kosmos-geist-entzuenden-2 6 to 9 pm Contributions on Campus (in German)Concerts, readings, lectures, guided toursWeb (in German) goetheanum.ch/de/veranstaltungen/aus-des-kosmos-geist-entzuenden-rudolf-stein 9 am Conference (in English and in German) ‘Rudolf Steiner. On the 100th Anniversary of His Death’Web (n English) www.goetheanum.ch/en/events/deathday 8 pm ConcertAnton Bruckner, Symphony No. 4Neues Orchester Basel, conductor: Christian KnüselWeb www.goetheanum.ch/en/events/mug-bruckner-sinfonie-knuesel 9 am Conference (contd.) (in English and in German) ‘Rudolf Steiner. On the 100th Anniversary of His Death’Web (in English) www.goetheanum.ch/en/events/deathday 2 to 5 pm Contributions on Campus (in German)Concerts, readings, lectures, guided toursWeb (in German) goetheanum.ch/de/veranstaltungen/aus-des-kosmos-geist-entzuenden-rudolf-stein-2 7 pm Book preview (in German)‘Rudolf Steiner und die Anthroposophie. Studien zu Leben und Werk’ [Rudolf Steiner and anthroposophy. Studies on his life and work]With Peter Selg, author, and Harald Lierl, publisher (Schwabe Verlag)Web (in German) goetheanum.ch/de/veranstaltungen/buchpraesentation-peter-selg The Goetheanum is the headquarters for the School of Spiritual Science and the General Anthroposophical Society The School of Spiritual Science with its eleven sections is active worldwide in research and the practical implementation of its research findings and is supported by the Anthroposophical Society Martina Maria Sam has completed the second part of her biography of Rudolf Steiner Following on from ‘Childhood and Youth’ this volume focuses on the ‘Vienna Years’ with deeper experiences of contemporary culture and first public activities Rudolf Steiner was the originator of pioneering achievements such as Waldorf Education biodynamic farming and Anthroposophic Medicine His scientific approach is not as well known In his book ‘Rudolf Steiner und die Anthroposophie’ Peter Selg describes a man with a social impulse that includes the effectiveness of spiritual forces The School of Spiritual Science with its twelve sections is active worldwide in research When you choose to create a user account and follow a newsroom your personal data will be used by us and the owner of the newsroom for you to receive news and updates according to your subscription settings To learn more about this, please read our Privacy Policy, which applies to our use of your personal data, and our Privacy Policy for Contacts which applies to the use of your personal data by the owner of the newsroom you follow Please note that our Terms of Use apply to all use of our services You can withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing or deleting your account Dornoch's winning rider Luis Saez holds up the Belmont Stakes trophy beside trainer Danny Gargan SARATOGA SPRINGS — Jayson Werth has won a World Series and been named an MLB All-Star but he said Saturday that being an owner of a Belmont Stakes winner meant as much as anything he’s ever done who has shown promise but had a fourth-place finish in the Blue Grass and a hard-luck 10th in the Kentucky Derby when he was checked early in the race run for the first of two years at Saratoga Race Course as Belmont Park undergoes reconstruction Contact Will Springstead at wspringstead@dailygazette.net Email notifications are only sent once a day Jayson Werth won a World Series title and several National League East division titles during his 15-year MLB career Now, he looks to become a winning horse owner at the 150th Kentucky Derby The 2008 World Series Champion with the Philadelphia Phillies is a co-owner of Dornoch, who will come out of the No. 1 post at Churchill Downs on Saturday in horse racing's marquee event of the season REQUIRED READING: What is the Triple Crown? Kentucky Derby kicks off horse racing's most prized feat Here's what you need to know about Werth and Dornoch leading into Saturday's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs: Who is Jayson Werth?Werth is a retired Major League Baseball player who played for the Toronto Blue Jays Werth's career took off as a member of the Phillies from 2007-2010 He was a member of the Phillies' 2008 World Series team a season where he hit 24 home runs and batted .273 at the plate a former first-round pick of the Baltimore Orioles in the 1997 MLB Draft hit a career .267 with a .455 slugging percentage and a .360 on-base percentage while recording nearly 1,500 hits (1,465) and 229 home runs As noted by The Philadelphia Inquirer, Werth got into horse racing in 2021 following a round of golf with friends in Florida: "I played baseball for my whole life and then you stop playing baseball and you don't have much to get excited about," Werth told The Inquirer in March On Wednesday, he joined MLB Network's "MLB Central" to talk about how he got into horse racing and what it's like owning a horse I never worried about one (baseball) game as long as I lived," Werth said He added: "It's like winning a postseason game when you win As previously reported by the Courier-Journal, Werth is a co-owner of Dornoch alongside race horse management group Oracle Bloodstock The two purchased Dornoch — the brother of 2023 Kentucky Derby champion Mage — in 2022 for $325,000 Werth told MLB Central that he is a 10% owner of Dornoch Dornoch Kentucky Derby oddsPer the latest odds from CBS Sports and USA Today, Dornoch enters the Kentucky Derby with 20-1 odds to win — which is tied for sixth-best odds with Mystik Dan Dornoch is coming off a fourth-place finish at Blue Grass Stakes in early April Here's a full look at how Dornoch has performed in recent races: The 2024 Kentucky Derby is this weekend and one horse is trying to match the accomplishment of his brother last year Dornoch, one of the horses in this year's race, is the direct brother of Mage, the 2023 Kentucky Derby winner. He's the offspring of sire Good Magic, who was second in the 2018 Kentucky Derby, and dam Puca, whose own sire, Big Brown won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 2008 Dornoch comes from a line of winners and high-finishers in the Kentucky Derby and will be looking to add one more victory out of post 1 in this year's race Here's everything you need to know about Dornoch before Saturday's race KENTUCKY DERBY: Not all winners were great: Looking back at 12 forgettable winners Two Eight Racing LLC and Pine Racing Stables Dornoch Record: Past performances and career earningsPast performances: Kentucky Derby experts: Five of six experts leave Dornoch out of top 10 listed as a reporter and analyst for Churchill Downs We occasionally recommend interesting products and services If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently Gannett may earn revenue from sports betting operators for audience referrals to betting services Sports betting operators have no influence over nor are any such revenues in any way dependent on or linked to the newsrooms or news coverage see operator site for Terms and Conditions If you or someone you know has a gambling problem Call the National Council on Problem Gambling 24/7 at 1-800-GAMBLER (NJ Sports betting and gambling are not legal in all locations Be sure to comply with laws applicable where you reside After six years of development and testing the Section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum in Dornach has handed over study modules on biodynamic farming to Heliopolis University in Cairo as part of a degree programme in organic agricultural science explains the concept behind the six training modules: “Our aim from the start was not only to train students in theory but to enable them to connect more deeply with agriculture through practical experience Practical work in nature promotes a comprehensive understanding of ecological relationships.” Experience-based learning is challenging and enriching particularly for students with an urban background for example when they determine the state of the compost by its smell make yoghurt and curd cheese from cow’s milk and clean and cut vegetables for hundreds of lunches in the canteen They also witness the slaughtering of cows and the processing of their meat “This allows them to experience agriculture and nutrition as they activate their senses,” says Jasmin Peschke head of Nutrition in the Section for Agriculture the students work out the profitability of growing camomile and processing it into tea and gain insights into the cash flows involved in production sees the potential long-term effect of this: “Heliopolis University will now make its own contribution to high-quality farming.” In Egypt more than 1,000 small farmers per month are currently planning to convert to organic and biodynamic farming Youri Hashem and Angela Hofmann from Egypt were involved in organizing the modules as were the biodynamic advisors Maja Kolar from Slovenia and Peter Kunz and the late Reto Ingold from Switzerland The course takes place at the beginning of each semester on the biodynamic farm in Sekem and is attended by seventy to ninety students 340 words/Anna Storchenegger; English by Margot M Contact person Anna Storchenegger Rudi Bind and Ueli Hurter explore this theme in their book ‘Biodynamic!’ on the ‘birth of biodynamic farming at the beginning of the ecological movement.’ Biodynamic agriculture was initiated a hundred years ago its dedication to healthy soil and food also provides impulses for a healthy social life The method is implemented by both smallholders and large biodynamic enterprises The biodynamic brand ‘Demeter’ is known around the world the foundations of biodynamic agriculture less so the Section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum explores this approach as the continuation of a human cultural impulse and invites the eco-activist Vandana Shiva to speak at the Goetheanum about the relationship between human beings and the earth The Section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum sees a possible option for action in the idea of Rudolf Steiner‘s biodynamic farm organism One feature of this is starting from the individual conditions of a region Dornoch is one of 20 horses expected to enter the 2024 Kentucky Derby on May 4 at Churchill Downs Spots for the Run for the Roses are earned by gaining points through a series of Kentucky Derby prep races that began last September The post-position draw for the Kentucky Derby is set for Saturday Post time for the Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m Dornoch will enter the Kentucky Derby off a fourth-place finish in the Grade 1 Blue Grass on April 6 at Keeneland He currently ranks eighth on the Kentucky Derby points leaderboard with 75 Price tag: $325,000 at 2022 Keeneland September Yearling Sale Owners: West Paces Racing (Larry Connolly) which finished 12th with Vekoma and 14th with Tax in 2019 Best finish was third with Essential Quality in 2021 Last race: Fourth in Grade 1 Blue Grass on April 6 at Keeneland What they’re saying: “I may have shipped him in here a little too close to the race,” Gargan said of the Blue Grass referring to Dornoch’s arrival at Keeneland two days before the race Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com How many horses have won Triple Crown? Meet winners of the Derby, Preakness and Belmont For 100 years the Sections of the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum have been working with an understanding of life under cosmic earthly and human developmental conditions in order to take on civilizational tasks Goetheanum co-workers will make the work of the School tangible to visitors the spiritual science initiated by Rudolf Steiner has its original approach and relates to academic disciplines as it focuses on spiritual influences and soul development in conjunction with cosmic and earthly laws For 100 years people have done practical research and work in anthroposophical spiritual science at the School of Spiritual Science in Dornach Hundreds of participants from all over the world attend its specialist conferences at the Goetheanum in Dornach which is surrounded by a garden park with sculptures and buildings notable for their architecture The Goetheanum Leadership describes the School‘s work on the occasion of its 100th anniversary: a permanent exhibition explains the activities of the specialist sections and a booklet entitled Insights provides information on numerous projects and plans These include investigations for a better understanding of climate the interaction between digital technology and humans as in transhumanism and the effect of smallest entities as in homeopathy The Goetheanum is a place of research and teaching where representatives of different disciplines come together in conferences and colloquia to examine new developments and insights The School of Spiritual Science‘s approach to research is based on the development of individual cognitive faculties and creative potential as a means of approaching tasks in medicine Methods and content developed by Rudolf Steiner are continually updated in relation to today‘s academic sciences the Goetheanum Campus Fete will offer visitors the opportunity to experience the School of Spiritual Science by meeting co-workers at stalls during guided tours and in exhibitions on topics such as metamorphosis biodynamic preparations and the Goetheanum‘s architectural impulse Multiple activities for children and concerts will complement this programme Goetheanum Campus Fete 8 September 2024, 11 am to 5 pm, Goetheanum. Free admission. The event will take place whatever the weather Web (in German) Contact person School of Spiritual Science Constanza Kaliks and Peter SelgContact person Campus Fete François Croissant The Research Institute at the Goetheanum was founded a hundred years ago prompted by the first experiments in search of a ‘reagent’ that can make life visible The Institute‘s aim today is to understand the wider context in which life thrives and evolves Six sold out performances including a gala event with Klaus Florian Vogt – that is Richard Wagner’s ‘Parsifal’ at the Goetheanum directed by Jasmin Solfaghari Three more performances will follow in 2025 as a cooperation between Pamy Mediaproductions and the Goetheanum Stage It all started with Alexander von Glenck’s idea to stage Richard Wagner’s ‘Parsifal’ at the Goetheanum and he managed to convince Jasmin Solfaghari who has 30 years’ international opera experience She then put together an experienced team including Walter Schütze for the stage set and costumes Roland Fister as musical director and Andreas Klippert to conduct the choir She also managed to interest experienced colleagues from the Bayreuth Wagner Festivals and internationally renowned singers such as Klaus Florian Vogt in this project The Goetheanum as an event venue has a tradition of large productions that bring together eurythmy and drama for instance Goethe’s unabridged ‘Faust’ parts 1 and 2 What is new at the Goetheanum is that eurythmy appears as an equal art form in an opera of this dimension The collaboration turned out to be fruitful and the production was an immediate success: all performances sold out within a few hours The media and audiences were impressed by the production and welcomed the combination with eurythmy (direction Stefan Hasler supported by Severin Fraser) as original and convincing director Jasmin Solfaghari remains convinced by the general atmosphere at the Goetheanum the great view and the special auditorium with its coloured-glass windows and columns” “The eurythmy adds complexity; it is fascinating how the colleagues make their decisions on which musical units are presented where The gestures support the movement language of the singers.” According to Stefan Hasler the eurythmy ensemble experienced that “less movement is also very effective if it is targeted and focused.” Conversations are ongoing between Pamy and the Goetheanum on what will happen after the performances in 2025 For Jasmin Solfaghari this production belongs to the Goetheanum particularly as a regular audience has established itself The next performances will be on Palm Sunday Contact person François Croissant the opera referred to by its composer as a ‘sacred stage festival’ the team around Jasmin Solfaghari (general and opera director) and Stefan Hasler (eurythmy director) have created something special: many scenes are shaped by singers and eurythmists together The staging of Richard Wagner’s opera ‘Parsifal’ at the Goetheanum under director Jasmin Solfaghari has made history by including eurythmy The book on ‘Parsifal’ at the Goetheanum offers multiple glimpses a cooperation of Schott Music and Pamy Media Productions At the end of the 19th century Hermann Linde (1862–1923) was considered one of the eminent orientalist painters of his time In 1915 Rudolf Steiner put him in charge of the painting of the First Goetheanum’s large cupola Works from both these creative periods are shown for the first time in two exhibitions After completing his art studies at academies in Dresden and Weimar (1882–1889) Tunisia and Egypt and spent several years painting in India he joined the Dachau artists’ colony where painters such as Carl Spitzweg Franz Marc and Max Liebermann had also spent time For Hermann Linde it was a world informed by naturalism and impressionism 4 x 6 metre oil painting ‘The Langar Procession’ he was awarded the gold medal by the Viceroy of India His work ‘Arabic Cobblers in Cairo’ earned him the silver medal in an exhibition at London‘s Crystal Palace “It can truly be said that Hermann Linde’s life unfolded in two worlds,” says Christiane Haid head of Visual Arts and Humanities at the Goetheanum because after the turn of the century and due to his close collaboration with Rudolf Steiner Hermann Linde designed the stage sets for the premiere of Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Dramas in Munich and was put in charge of the painting work in the First Goetheanum’s large cupola in Dornach His studies and paintings on Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s ‘Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily’ imprinted themselves in the memory of his surroundings (1768 characters/Walter Kugler; English by Margot M Exhibition 2 The High Art of Portrait Painting Switzerland Booking / opening hours Walter Kugler Speech and Sound On the centenary of Hermann Linde‘s death Contact person Christiane Haid One of the tasks of the Visual Art Section at the Goetheanum is to create and communicate art in all its visual has appointed a team of artists in order to meet the needs of this broad professional field Please note that our Terms of Use apply to all use of our services. 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Print Mystik Dan’s trainer and jockey are all smiles after victory and Sierra Leone during 150th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday (Jeff Roberson / Associated Press) LOUISVLLE — The margin was a nose but the smiles were a mile wide In one of the closest finishes in almost 30 years Mystik Dan won the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby The horse was generally overlooked by most but he ran a smart race on the rail and poked his head in front in the final strides to hold off Sierra Leone and Forever Young in the blanket finish It also completed a rare double for trainer Kenny McPeek and jockey Brian Hernandez who also won the Kentucky Oaks on Friday with Thorpedo Anna It was only the fourth time that has been done (()=>{const e=document.getElementById("yt-img-C5Yb-2xEMzg");e&&e.addEventListener("load",(t=>{t.target.naturalWidth<=120&&(e.parentNode.children[0].srcset=e.parentNode.children[1].srcset=e.src)}),{once:!0})})() “That was the longest few minutes in my life I’ve spent waiting for them to hang the dang number up,” Hernandez said McPeek was effusive with his praise for Hernandez He’s probably one of the most underrated riders in the business Read more >>> Print Mystik Dan wins the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby and Sierra Leone in the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday (Brynn Anderson / Associated Press) Mystik Dan won by less than a nose over Sierra Leone to win the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday It was the first Kentucky Derby win for jockey Brian Hernandez Jr Forever Young finished third and and Catching Freedom was fourth (()=>{const e=document.getElementById("yt-img-C5Yb-2xEMzg");e&&e.addEventListener("load",(t=>{t.target.naturalWidth<=120&&(e.parentNode.children[0].srcset=e.parentNode.children[1].srcset=e.src)}),{once:!0})})() Mystik Dan pulled ahead down the final stretch and was able to just hold off late charges by Sierra Leone Print Final hour betting odds: Sierra Leone moves closer to favorite Fierceness Kentucky Derby entrant Sierra Leone works out at Churchill Downs on Tuesday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) LOUISVILLE — With the race less than an hour before the start Sierra Leone has moved closer to Fierceness for the favorite spot Sierra Leone has been at 5-1 all day but inched to 9-2 Forever Young is still at 6-1 and Catching Freedom at 8-1 A bit of a surprise is the Santa Anita Derby winner Here are the odds with one hour to post time: Print Trainer Phil D’Amato realizes his Kentucky Derby dream thanks to Stronghold Kentucky Derby entrant Stronghold works out at Churchill Downs on Thursday. (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s really quite simple. If you’re in horse racing, regardless of your job or position, you want to get to the Kentucky Derby Phil D’Amato has won multiple training titles at Santa Anita and Del Mar He’s missing only one thing from his rather impressive resume and that box will be checked Saturday when the gates open in the 12th race at Churchill Downs “This is pretty much what I’ve worked my whole career to get to this point,” D’Amato said “It’s been my dream to have a horse in the Kentucky Derby And to be able to share it with my friends When he talks about his “whole career” you are talking years, not decades. The 48-year-old Los Angeles native has been a head trainer only since 2014 when he took over the barn of the late Mike Mitchell Read more >>> Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Epic Ride (Post 20) Kentucky Derby entrant Epic Ride works out at Churchill Downs on Tuesday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Trainer: John Ennis Comment: Epic Ride got into the race when Encino was scratched. When that happens after the draw, it’s called an “also eligible.” Conventional wisdom would say that an AE can’t win the race. But, we’re only a couple years removed from Rich Strike who also scratched into the race and won the Kentucky Derby at extremely long odds He’s better than at least a handful of horses in the race Four of his five races have been run on the synthetic surface at Turfway He has got some early speed and may challenge for the lead The question with a lot of these horses is if he has the distance Print Two Southern California horses nearly win at Churchill Downs Luis Saez rides Formidable Man in the American Turf Stakes at Churchill Downs on Saturday (Joe Robbins / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) LOUISVILLE — Even though all the attention is on the big race there are several major undercard races some of which include horses from Southern California Perhaps the best performance came from Formidable Man in the Grade 2 $600,000 American Turf the colt went to the lead and kept it all the way around before faltering in the stretch and losing by 1½ lengths to Trikari … I thought he was too big of a number on the odds board (24-1) but he’s obviously a horse who is on his way up [On the lead] is kind of where we wanted him I told [jockey] Luis [Saez] to go ahead and put him in the game and I thought Luis rode him wonderfully.” the winning jockey on Trikari was Umberto Rispoli Another Santa Anita-based horse who almost won was Vlahos who finished third in the Grade 2 $600,000 Pat Day Mile He led most of the race but got run down by Seize the Grey and Nash He is trained by Doug O’Neill and was ridden by Edwin Maldonado “I thought I was going to be able to make the rail but they pushed me outside,” Maldonado said He was out of gas but he still kept trying Heck of a race for a horse going a mile for the first time.” Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Society Man (Post 19) Kentucky Derby entrant Society Man works out at Churchill Downs on Wednesday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Trainer: Danny Gargan Comment: This horse is interesting for one reason — his jockey If this were a television movie the story would be about this 106-1 shot finishing second in the Wood Memorial He is the only gelding in the race and has only one win This will be his first race outside of New York Print Latest betting odds: Win pool is up to $30.9 million A race fan walks through the grounds of Churchill Downs before the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday Ky.— The odds haven’t fluctuated much with post time closing in There has been $30.984 million pushed in the win pool $12.137 million in the exacta pool (first and second) and $15.733 million in the trifecta pool (first but it just doesn’t have the popularity of the trifecta Here are the odds with two hours to post time: Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Fierceness (Post 16) Kentucky Derby entrant Fierceness works out at Churchill Downs on Thursday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Trainer: Todd Pletcher if he doesn’t win he might not even hit the board People are wondering if he is a “bounce” horse His last race was a 13 ½-length win in the Florida Derby If jockey John Velazquez pushed him down the stretch Velazquez has won the Derby three times and is considered one of the best jockeys at rating a horse on the lead as evidenced by his win on National Treasure in the Preakness last year It would be the first Derby win for owner Mike Repole who sinks millions of dollars every year in buying horses all in the hopes of winning the Kentucky Derby Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Grand Mo the First (Post 15) Kentucky Derby entrant Grand Mo the First works out at Churchill Downs on Tuesday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Trainer: Victor Barboza Jr Comment: Grand Mo the First needed some dropouts to get in the race He hasn’t won in 2024 nor does he have a stakes win His first two races were wins on synthetic turf at Gulfstream Park He then went to Santa Anita and finished third in the Zuma Beach (where his dirt career started) leading to three consecutive third-place finishes The colt was a distant third in the Florida Derby behind Fierceness He does seem to find trouble whenever he runs There is little to indicate he has what it takes to win against this field at 50-1 morning-line odds Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Domestic Product (Post 14) Kentucky Derby entrant Domestic Product works out at Churchill Downs on Tuesday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Trainer: Chad Brown Comment: No question this colt should be well rested after not running for eight weeks His last race was a win in the Tampa Bay Derby on March 9 two of them bullets (fastest of all horses at that distance) He also has Hall of Fame jockey Irad Ortiz Jr although Ortiz is winless in seven Derby mounts all these factors make him a big question mark Print Latest betting odds: Just Steel shifts two points Kentucky Derby entrant Just Steel works out at Churchill Downs on Thursday — Another $5 million was poured into the win pool in the past hour a number he’s been at for the past six hours Sierra Leone is second at 5-1 followed by Forever Young at 6-1 It’s unusual to have swings of more than one point with this much money in the win pool Just Steel went from 25-1 to 23-1 and Society Man dropped from 48-1 to 46-1 The longest shot on the board is T O Password Here are the odds with three hours to post time: Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Endlessly (Post 13) Kentucky Derby entrant Endlessly works out at Churchill Downs on Wednesday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Trainer: Michael McCarthy Comment: The big question mark on this horse is he has never run on the dirt His first four races were on the turf and the last two on synthetic Those that pay the bills often win those arguments The horse also won the last El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields which gives him an entry into the Preakness Stakes Print A year later racing is still trying to make sense of Churchill Downs deaths It was filled with charts and graphs and all the things they teach in presentation school What it didn’t have was a singular reason for the rash of deaths “It’s not like we didn’t uncover the causes,” said Lisa Lazarus “It’s that there wasn’t one singular factor that caused each of the fatalities But we did learn a whole lot from the investigation and the data we’ve been collecting With that we’ve been working very closely with Churchill Downs to enhance what was already a very rigorous safety protocol process.” Read more >>> Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: West Saratoga (Post 12) Kentucky Derby entrant West Saratoga works out at Churchill Downs on Wednesday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Trainer: Larry Demeritte Comment: The story might be better than the horse Larry Demeritte is only the fourth Black trainer to run in the Kentucky Derby since the Depression He runs a small stable and has made only 14 starts this year 16 with the Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs There is not a lot to show he can run at this competition level the same thing you would have said about Rich Strike in 2022 Print Kentucky Derby track conditions upgraded Fans with ornate hats as horses run during an early race at Churchill Downs Saturday in Louisville (Brynn Anderson / Associated Press) LOUISVILLE — Before the seventh race the track condition was upgraded from muddy to good and then one race later it was upped again to fast the lack of expected rain played a major role in the track’s condition Both the track and the bettors prefer a fast track but because there is not a specific machine that determines a track’s condition it’s left up to humans to give it a designation Only three times in the 2000s has the track not been fast Justify won in 2018 and Country House won by disqualification in 2019 Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Track Phantom (Post 11) Kentucky Derby entrant Track Phantom works out at Churchill Downs on Wednesday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Trainer: Steve Asmussen Comment: Trainer Steve Asmussen is the best trainer to have never won the Kentucky Derby It’s a statistical oddity that the all-time winningest trainer is 0-25 in the biggest race in the sport Track Phantom’s only style is running on the front and he usually comes up short at longer distances and he faltered when going 1 1/8 and 1 3/16 miles He finished fourth in the Louisiana Derby which might be seen as a desperation move to get him to go longer He did break his maiden at Churchill Downs Print Latest betting odds: Fierceness remains the favorite — Barring a strange change in betting patterns Fierceness will be the favorite in the 150th Kentucky Derby The last five years the favorite has not won the race $4 million more was bet to win on the Derby That number will grow with every hour until post time the place pool (first or second) is at $4.383 million and the show pool (first Here are the odds with four hours to post time: Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Forever Young (Post 10) Kentucky Derby hopeful Forever Young works out at Churchill Downs on Tuesdsay (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Trainer: Yoshito Yahagi Comment: This is the horse where people have the biggest difference of opinions The conventional wisdom is that you automatically throw out a horse that comes from the Middle East because they are 0-18 in the Derby This colt looks pretty good as he is undefeated in five starts and won both the Saudi Derby and the UAE Derby This will be the first Derby start for both the trainer and jockey trainer Yoshito Yahagi has won two Breeders’ Cup races The move from the 11 to the 10 gate means he went from being the first horse loaded to the last horse to go in the gate so there won’t be a lot of standing around The Derby uses a double-load system where two horses are loaded at the same time Print Kentucky Derby track conditions upgraded ahead of big race leads an undercard race at Churchill Downs on Saturday (Michael Reaves / Getty Images) LOUISVILLE — The track was upgraded from sloppy to good before the seventh race The rain has stayed away so far on Saturday and The Weather Channel has also dropped the rain chances into the teens the chance of precipitation is now 10% with a temperature of 79 degrees A sloppy track is one that is wet but has no standing water A good track is one that has not completely dried out and is not as consistent as a fast track Assigning a track condition is mostly noticed by handicappers but not that important to the general public Some horses run better on wet tracks while others slip and slide and hate running in the slop won the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn by eight lengths so he would be looked at if the track were wet won the Risen Star at the Fair Grounds on a sloppy track Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Stronghold (Post 17) Kentucky Derby entrant Stronghold works out at Churchill Downs on Thursday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Trainer: Phil D’Amato Stronghold moved from the 18th gate to the 17th He got his first win in a maiden race at Churchill Downs Given his somewhat light schedule there is a good chance we haven’t seen his best yet He won a good stretch battle with Imagination in the Santa Anita Derby This is the first Derby for both Phil D’Amato and Antonio Fresu Just being the Santa Anita Derby winner gives you some gravitas but his best race is not likely to beat the best race of Fierceness or Sierra Leone Print Future of California horse racing does not look bright Horses race during the Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Santa Anita Park in November (Diane Bondareff / Associated Press) LOUISVILLE — Phil D’Amato is the only California trainer with a horse in the Kentucky Derby but will it be his last one as a California trainer It’s no secret that California racing is in distress with low purses low attendance and a shrinking number of horses Without supplemental gaming income the future is not very bright has been scheduling racing only two days a week D’Amato was at his barn on Wednesday talking casually to two reporters from California and one from Kentucky He was asked about the future of racing in California “I think everybody in California is worried about it,” D’Amato said trying to work together to see if we can get it going back in the right direction California definitely is a beautiful place to train I would like to see California racing keep going you’ve got to always have your foot in the door over here to take advantage of all Kentucky has to offer.” Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: T O Password (Post 9) Kentucky Derby entrant T O Password works out at Churchill Downs on Monday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Trainer: Daisuke Takayangi He qualified by winning the Japan Road to the Derby series He should go to the front and could be a factor in setting the pace It would certainly be a surprise if he hit the board Print Latest betting odds: Bets on favorite Fierceness tick closer to $3 million Kentucky Derby hopeful Fierceness works out at Churchill Downs Tuesday in Louisville no significant movement on the tote board as to who will be the post time favorite for the Kentucky Derby Catching Freedom did tick down from 8-1 to 7-1 just behind Forever Young for the third favorite spot Fierceness at $2.776 million bet to win on him is the favorite and Sierra Leone is the only other horse with more than $2 million bet on him at $2.037 million The total win pool has been going up about $2 million an hour and is now at $15.416 million Here are the odds with five hours to post time: Print Resilience’s Kentucky Derby hopes carry a memory and a legacy who will make the walk for the 11th time with his 13th entrant in the Kentucky Derby Also in tow will be owners Emily Bushnell and Ric Waldman each making the storied stroll for the first time But missing will be the person who made Resilience possible who made Wall Street dreams for many probable and who was the king of California thoroughbred breeders Martin Wygod died in La Jolla on April 12 after struggling with lung disease Emily is his daughter and Ric is his longtime bloodstock agent Resilience was not an inheritance gift by Wygod Read more >>> Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Just a Touch (Post 8) Kentucky Derby entrant Just A Touch works out at Churchill Downs on Wednesday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Trainer: Brad Cox Last race: Second in the Blue Grass Stakes he is the most lightly raced horse in the race showing his belief that the horse has a significant upside He battled Sierra Leone to a strong second in the Blue Grass Stakes He’s also getting some interest from the wiseguy crowd (bettors) Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Resilience (Post 18) Kentucky Derby entrant Resilience works out at Churchill Downs on Wednesday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Trainer: Bill Mott Comment: The Wood Memorial has not been a great predictor of Kentucky Derby success as of late. But the backstory of co-owner Emily Bushnell being gifted the horse by her father, Marty Wygod, as a yearling is a true pull-on-your-heartstrings story The colt does benefit from having trainer Bill Mott his only other win besides the Wood was a maiden He was also beaten in a maiden at Churchill Downs by Stronghold Print Latest betting odds: So far $13.019 million has been bet on the Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby hopeful Forever Young works out at Churchill Downs on Monday in Louisville (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) LOUISVILLE — As the big race gets closer and the betting starts to increase it gets more difficult to change the odds because there is so much money in the mutuel pool The order of the top horses has not changed since the morning Sierra Leone is still 5-1 and Forever Young is 6-1 he’ll be the first horse to win both in the Middle East and the Derby He would also be the first horse bred in Japan to win the race $13.019 million has been bet to win on the race The exacta pool is $5.942 million and $7.528 million has been bet on trifectas Here are the odds with six hours to post time: Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Honor Marie (Post 7) Kentucky Derby entrant Honor Marie works out at Churchill Downs on Wednesday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Trainer: Whit Beckman Comment: If you haven’t heard of Whit Beckman it’s because it’s his first Derby as the head trainer he has been here before as an assistant for both Todd Pletcher and Chad Brown The colt has won twice over the Churchill surface first in his maiden win and then in the Kentucky Jockey Club so you can probably expect to see him mid-pack before making his move He might draw some interest from the wiseguy crowd (professional gamblers) Print Will Taylor Swift attend the Kentucky Derby Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce walk to dinner at New York City’s Waverly Inn in October — The second most asked question at Churchill Downs on Saturday right behind “Who will win the Derby?” is “Will Taylor Swift be at the Derby?” While this could be seen as a shameless attempt to get people to read this item there is a bit of plausibility to the rumor Travis Kelce is in Louisville and was hanging out with The Chainsmokers on Friday night Swift was doing a concert in The Netherlands on Friday but she does have a private jet and she’s not scheduled to perform again until Thursday in France Whether it is worth it to fly the almost 5,000 miles to see her boyfriend is a question that is currently unanswerable will it be a bigger deal than when Queen Elizabeth II showed up at the Derby in 2007 Guess it depends on how you define “bigger deal.” Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Just Steel (Post 6) Kentucky Derby entrant Just Steel works out at Churchill Downs on Wednesday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Trainer: Wayne Lukas Comment: If experience is the winning formula Wayne Lukas likes to run his horses as evidenced by the 11 starts There is a question of whether this horse can go the distance but Justify’s progeny have performed best on turf Definitely a long shot despite the presence of Lukas Print NBC holds off Fox will broadcast Kentucky Derby through 2032 — It was a race that was over even before it started There was a lot of speculation that Fox was trying to grab all the Triple Crown races especially after getting the Belmont Stakes But NBC beat them to the punch and announced that the Kentucky Derby will remain with the network through 2032 The Kentucky Derby has been on NBC since 2001 “Telling the rich stories surrounding the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May is part of the fabric of NBC Sports and we are thrilled to continue that tradition with Churchill Downs,” said NBC Sports president Rick Cordella in a statement “We look forward to surrounding the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby with wall-to-wall coverage and extensive promotion on the platforms of NBCUniversal.” NBC has assembled a smart group of analysts headed by Jerry Bailey and Randy Moss It also uses part-time Del Mar race caller Larry Collmus to call its two Triple Crown races and the Breeders’ Cup It was thought that Fox wanted in the racing game in a bigger way the advance deposit wagering arm of the New York Racing Assn Print Another betting angle for the 150th Kentucky Derby (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) One of the more talked about betting angles is to look at what races produce the most Kentucky Derby winners It’s no secret that the Florida Derby is by far the best predictor with 25 wins The list of races and number of Kentucky Derby winners is supplemented with the horse that won it this year the winner didn’t make it to Saturday or the race no longer exists Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Catalytic (Post 5) Kentucky Derby entrant Catalytic works out at Churchill Downs on Wednesday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Trainer: Saffie Joseph Jr was suspended last year during Derby time when two of his non-Derby horses died of sudden death He’s very lightly raced with only three starts and no win since he broke his maiden last year Jose Ortiz will be his fourth jockey in as many starts Fierceness won the Florida Derby so convincingly no one was paying attention to the rest of the field in which Catalytic finished second Print Latest betting odds hold steady Kentucky Derby entrant Sierra Leone works out at Churchill Downs on Thursday in Louisville — There was very little movement in the odds during the last hour and all the top horses remained the same Endlessly’s odds got bigger as he moved from 48-1 to 49-1 And Grand Mo the First climbed from 44-1 to 45-1 $10.133 million has been bet to win on the Derby There are three horses that have had more than a million wagered on them Sierra Leone with $1.364 million and Forever Young at $1.091 million Here are the odds with seven hours to post time: Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Catching Freedom (Post 4) Kentucky Derby entrant Catching Freedom works out at Churchill Downs on Wednesday Comment: This colt is a lot like Sierra Leone in that he finishes strong But he will offer a much better return for bettors if he wins He went from 11th to win the Louisiana Derby The six-week layoff shouldn’t hurt him based on current training methods Both the trainer and jockey have won the Kentucky Derby but not in the traditional way Brad Cox won when Medina Spirit was disqualified and Mandaloun was elevated to first was the winner when Maximum Security was disqualified and Flavien Prat had his first and only Derby win Print Inside the numbers: Kentucky Derby horse ratings Kentucky Derby hopeful Endlessly is walked in the barn at Churchill Downs on Wednesday. (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In an effort to help you pick a winner, or at least narrow things down, lets look at some numbers from Brisnet.com the data company owned by Churchill Downs Inc For every race it shows individual categories that can help you better judge a horse Here are the top five and the bottom five of each category to help you evaluate who to keep and who to toss There are no stats on the two Japanese horses Average class rating from last three races Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Mystik Dan (Post 3) Mystik Dan runs on the track during a morning workout at Churchill Downs on Wednesday (Andy Lyons / Getty Images) Trainer: Kenny McPeek Comment: This horse looms big if there is a wet track That assessment is based on his performance in winning the Southwest at Oaklawn by eighth lengths over a muddy track he may not have the stamina to go to 1 ¼ miles His best race was a 5 ½ furlong win at Churchill in his second start as a maiden It would be an uphill climb for him to contend for the win Print Derby track opens the day sloppy Horses run on a muddy track during the 150th running of the Kentucky Oaks horse race Friday — The water that turned Friday’s Churchill Downs racing surface into a quagmire did not dry out as much as racing officials had hoped The first race on Saturday had a sloppy designation The different designations can be confusing A dirt track that is in its best shape is called “fast.” It’s the preferable way that races are run The next step down is “good,” which means the track isn’t fast the track may get to good by the time the Derby begins The next designation below good is “muddy,” which means that the track is wet but there is no standing water The lowest designation is “sloppy,” which is given when there is standing water on the track The best is “firm,” meaning exactly what it says and then there is “good,” which means the grass is in top form and might even be slippery Print Fierceness ticks up in latest betting odds Kentucky Derby hopeful Catching Freedom gets a bath after a workout at Churchill Downs on Monday Fierceness ticked up to 7-2 from 3-1 but remains the Kentucky Derby favorite Sierra Leone is still the second choice at 5-1 who lost some sentiment going from 46-1 to 48-1 Here are the odds with eight hours to post time: Print Horse racing is looking to move on from Bob Baffert-Churchill Downs feud Trainer Bob Baffert in November 2021. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Derby 150, just like 149 and 148, will be run without trainer Bob Baffert, the most recognizable name in the sport, even to those who don’t follow it. And, for the first time, none of his horses were moved to other trainers meaning the race won’t have all the best horses in it The overwhelming number of people who attend the Derby are not there to see a great horse race but attend an epic party with hats. But to those who do care about the racing, the sentiment of who is the villain and who is the victim may be shifting in the now three-year fight between Baffert and Churchill Downs you’ve got half the people who say keep the ‘cheater’ out on ESPN Louisville radio and co-host of the Horse Racing Happy Hour ‘We want the best horses here.’ It’s been long enough “Obviously it’s not the issues they are talking about anymore I’m thinking last year it was about 80% that we’re glad he’s not here but this year it’s 50-50 Read more >>> Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Sierra Leone (Post 2) Kentucky Derby entrant Sierra Leone works out at Churchill Downs on Wednesday Comment: Sierra Leone has won three of his four races with his only loss in the Remsen Stakes by a nose to Dornoch But a lot of people will point to his race in the Blue Grass Stakes His jockey said the crowd noise at Keeneland was bothering him Keeneland and Churchill Downs on Derby Day are two very different situations and not to his benefit and in a 20-horse field from an inside post the situation gets even tougher He needs a speed duel up front to have a chance in the stretch All that said the $2.3-million purchase is the second favorite Print Fierceness remains favorite as early betting starts Kentucky Derby hopeful Fierceness works out at Churchill Downs on Monday. (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As early betting starts for the 150th Kentucky Derby, Fierceness is the favorite at 3-1 The surprise is the action that the Japanese horse is taking — Forever Young A horse that has shipped from the Middle East has never won the Derby bettors are thinking this might be the year all of that changes Here are the odds with nine hours to post time Print Intermittent rain in the forecast for Churchill Downs Horses run on a wet track during the Kentucky Oaks race Friday in Louisville — It’s unclear what the racing surface will look like for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby There shouldn’t be any torrential downpours but the weather forecast does show intermittent rain throughout the day On Friday’s Kentucky Oaks day the track was sloppy and some horses had trouble handling the surface the first hint of rain should be around 3 p.m It remains in the 20s the rest of the afternoon the sky goes from mostly cloudy to partly cloudy the temperature is predicted to be 79 degrees with a 22% chance of rain and a southwest wind of about 7 m.p.h Print Where’s My Ring falters in the Kentucky Oaks rides Thorpedo Anna to victory in the 150th running of the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on Friday (Jeff Roberson / Associated Press) LOUISVILLE — While all the attention is on the $5 million Kentucky Derby there are plenty of big races over the week Next to the Derby in stature is the Kentucky Oaks It’s essentially the female version of the Derby The race was won by favorite Thorpedo Anna held on down the backstretch and pilled away down the stretch to win by 4 ¾ lengths over a track made sloppy by nearly day-long rain The filly is trained by Kenny McPeek and was ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr There was a Southern California horse in the 14-horse race Things didn’t go so well for Where’s My Ring “she didn’t break and I know for sure she didn’t like the track,” said trainer Val Brinkerhoff You could see the filly had trouble grabbing the dirt almost appearing as if she was slipping on the surface “She broke a little slow today,” said jockey Jose Lezcano “There were a lot of horses that had speed I got a little run from her in the middle of the race but she just finished even.” She ran her first race at Del Mar and then the next six at Santa Anita Brinkerhoff shipped her to New York to run in the Gazelle Stakes where she not only broke her maiden but won by 4 ¼ lengths in a graded stakes race She’ll likely return to Southern California as they decide her next race Print Know your Kentucky Derby horses: Dornoch (Post 1) Kentucky Derby hopefuls Dornoch and Endlessly work out at Churchill Downs on Tuesday Two Eight Racing & Pine Racing Stables Last race: Fourth in the Blue Grass Stakes Comment: The best thing you can say about this colt is that he is a brother to last year’s winner But he took a giant step backward in the Blue Grass Stakes finishing fourth after winning four races in a row including a short-field Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Breaking from the one isn’t ideal but not the negative it used to be until they got the new gate He is the only horse to beat Sierra Leone when he won the Remsen Stakes by a nose Print A look at the Kentucky Derby odds and favorites Kentucky Derby hopeful Track Phantom gets a bath after a workout at Churchill Downs on Wednesday — One of the most reliable indicators of how betting will go is what’s known as the “will pays.” It shows where bettors seem to be looking is a $1 wager where you connect the winner of the Kentucky Derby The payoffs are what the bet “will pay” now that you know who won the first half What it tells us is that Fierceness should be the easy favorite The next tier of horses is made up of Catching Freedom It also tells you that the “wiseguy” horse or the longshot the professional gamblers are keying on Here’s a look at what a $1 Oaks/Double will pay now that it’s known that Thorpedo Anna (No Also remember that Kentucky has penny breakage meaning the result does not round off to 10-cent increments like it does in California Print Kentucky Derby storylines: 150th running clouded by who is not in race A horse heads back to a barn after a morning workout at Churchill Downs on Wednesday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Regardless whether you think this is Kentucky Derby 150 Kentucky Derby 150* or Kentucky Derby 149½ most of the animus around this year’s historic race will be forgotten when the gates open at Churchill Downs on Saturday evening Somewhere around 20 of the best 3-year-old horses in the world will be hoping to win the most famous horse race on the planet and cement their place in history and lucrative fees in the breeding shed The reason the race doesn’t have a full octane endorsement among the public is because not all of the best 3-year-olds will be running after Churchill Downs expanded its ban of trainer Bob Baffert It’s hardly an argument anymore that Baffert is the best trainer of Derby prospects currently in the game Churchill Downs banned him for two years after 2021 winner Medina Spirit tested positive for a legal medication banned on race day but Churchill Downs left an out clause that said it could be extended Baffert was inexplicably banned for a third year because Churchill Downs didn’t believe he was contrite enough Read more >>> Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map 11 (UPI) -- Local runners dominated the Longines Hong Kong International Races and a potential star filly remained unbeaten with a Grade 1 win in Japan in highlights of international horse racing action Eight-year-old Golden Sixty overcame a 224-day layoff and the outside gate to run away with the Longines Hong Kong Mile in an emotional highlight of the program The three-time Hong Kong Horse of the Year and former local Triple Crown winner is a favorite of Hong Kong fans who backed him strongly despite the negative indications quickly roaring to the front as the crowd roared its approval and ran on to win by 1 1/2 lengths over reigning Hong Kong Derby winner Voyage Bubble It's a great team effort to come here without any preparation and win this race." Both Ho and trainer Francis Lui indicated Golden Sixty is likely to continue racing as long as he continues to perform at a high level While Golden Sixty is the local golden boy Romantic Warrior is next in line and did nothing to hurt his reputation with a squeaker of a victory over Irish challenger Luxembourg in the Longines Hong Kong Cup narrow win in the Group 1 Cox Plate in Australia in his previous race Romantic Warrior rallied to the front in the stretch run of the 2,000-meter Cup only to be met by a stubborn challenge from Luxembourg and a long shot bid by another Japanese runner Romantic Warrior prevailed by a short head with Luxembourg second another short head to the good of Hishi Iguazu The Longines Hong Kong Sprint (G1) historically has been the preserve of local runners kept the home cooking going with a rallying victory under jockey Zac Purton Lucky Sweynesse survived a rough stretch early in the season losing his first two starts while assigned huge weights by the handicapper Lucky Sweynesse defeated long shot Lucky With You by 3/4 length "I could just feel in the mornings that he was getting back to where he was The day wasn't a total loss for the foreign runners as French-based Junko came with a late run to win the Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Vase (G1) by 1 length over Japan's Zeffiro after missing the break Ascoli Piceno took a major step down a road to potential stardom with a gutsy victory in Sunday's Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies at Hanshin Racecourse While lowering the stakes record to 1:32.6 the Daiwa Major filly ran her record to three wins without a loss Ascoli Piceno rallied from midfield turning into the stretch found a seam and got to the front inside the 100-meter mark she was challenged on the inside by late-running Stellenbosch and was all out to hold that one off by a neck "The filly broke better than in her previous start was relaxed during the race and responded well in the stretch," Kitamura said "I was a bit worried for a second that we were going to get caught but she gave her all "The stable staff did a great job and she was in very good condition with previous victories by eventual Horse of the Year honorees Vodka and Buena Vista but that won't stop the connections of Colour Up for dreaming of World Cup Night glory after the 5-year-old Mehmas gelding overcame a messy start to win Friday night's listed Garhoud Sprint at Meydan Racecourse The winner was bumped soundly out of the gate He took the lead at the top of the straight and found just enough to hold off Leading spirit by 1/4 length "These are the races we all come for," jockey Sam Hitchcott said retired MLB who won a World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008 in the Club House during Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs on Saturday SARATOGA SPRINGS - Some of our coverage of the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Saturday Big upset, Dornoch holds off Mindframe to win the Belmont at Saratoga pic.twitter.com/LEdzyfnCkw Belmont winner Dornoch co-owned by retired MLB player Jayson Werth, who won World Series with the Phillies pic.twitter.com/z0SAUTfmCT Fans crowd the Saratoga Race Course apron for the fifth race on the Belmont Stakes Day card on Saturday Crowds on the apron after the 5th race on Belmont Day during Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs on Saturday Crowds on the apron and in the stands before the fourth race on Belmont Day during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday Local police officials on the roof before the 4th race on Belmont Day during Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs on Saturday SARATOGA SPRINGS — A couple dozen people with Horseracing Wrongs were just outside the gates of Saratoga Race Course Saturday afternoon protes… Lisa Kenyon and tom Nolan of Hamilton are stylishly dressed for Saturday's Belmont Stakes at Saratoga joining the thouseands of race fans at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs took in Belmont Stakes at Saratoga one day after being married at Lake Lonely with their family Horse racing fans were stylishly dressed for Saturday's Belmont Stakes at Saratoga joining the thouseands of race fans at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs Horse racing fans were stylishly dressed for Saturday's Belmont Stakes at Saratoga joining the thousands of race fans at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs The Daily Gazette's Shenandoah Briere looks great taking in Saratoga Race Course atop the press box before the gates opened for Belmont Stakes at Saratoga's biggest day The Daily Gazette's Abby Burkhard is all smiles and styling at the newsppaers botth at Saratoga Race Course after the gates opened for Belmont Stakes at Saratoga's biggest day The Daily Gazette's Shenandoah Briere stands with Neighborhood Kitchen owner CHip Lawrence at his food truck after a Facebook Live interview duiring Belmont Stakes at Saratoga day Daily Gazette Family of Newspapers publisher John DeAugustine and reporter Shenandoah Briere at the newspapers tent during Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Day Saratoga County reporter Shenandoah Briere and award-winning photographer Erica Miller met-up inside the clubhouse at Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Day Saturday Daily Gazette Family of Newspapers Abby Burkhard senior digital content producer Rick Marshall Saratoga County reporter Shenandoah Briere and sportswriter Mike MacAdam at the newspapers tent during Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Day Daily Gazette Family of Newspapers senior digital content producer Rick Marshall and Saratoga County reporter Shenandoah Briere at the newspapers tent during Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Day Can anyone catch Daily Gazette Family of Newspapers senior digital content producer Rick Marshall in his Pac-Man jacket stopping by at the newspapers tent during Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Day Reporter Shenandoah Briere can be reached at sbriere@dailygazette.net The Goetheanum is part of the Federal Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites (ISOS) representing the Canton of Solothurn in the newly published list of 50 selected objects spread around Switzerland in the project ’The Magic of Beautiful Places’ ‚“That Dornach is represented in the project ‘The Magic of Beautiful Places’ is a great honour and I am delighted for our town The choice to enlist the Goetheanum with the 50 very special Swiss heritage sites worth protecting reflects the fact that this is a special tourist gem,” explains Dornach‘s mayor Daniel Urech “We are proud of this designation and heartened to be seen as part of the history of Dornach the Canton of Solothurn and Switzerland,” says Stefan Hasler who is in charge of construction questions within the Goetheanum Leadership the Goetheanum is a place where we cultivate human connections and the School of Spiritual Science it is a meeting place for working on topical questions of our time.” tourism manager in the Schwarzbubenland Forum is convinced that “Including the Goetheanum in the project ‘The Magic of Beautiful Places’ shows that the Schwarzbubenland is recognized as a Solothurn tourist attraction even beyond the northwest of Switzerland and that it has much to offer The Goetheanum plays a very important part in this as one of the beacons of tourism.” the Swiss Federal Office of Culture and Schweiz Tourismus write that the sites selected for the project ‘The Magic of Beautiful Places’ stand out for their history and architecture that they are tourist gems and typical examples of their region a description and some videos on the Swiss tourism website there is an illustrated book about the 50 places of interest in the country‘s three languages: German 1200 selected places of interest are presently included in the inventory of Swiss heritage sites Contact Dornach Daniel UrechContact Goetheanum Stefan HaslerContact Forum Schwarzbubenland Marcel SchenkerContact Schweiz Tourismus Markus Berger Don’t miss the latest drinks industry news and insights Sign up for our award-winning newsletters and get insider intel and trends delivered to your inbox every week From small producers to large cooperatives a paradigm shift in farming practices is taking root in this conservative corner of northern Italy verdant terrain and ingrained traditions would seem to make it the perfect hub for regenerative viticulture biodynamic winegrowing has been slow to take hold in this mountainous region and grassroots organizations—which include several co-ops—is working to change course for the region These innovators are layering in a new identity for Alto Adige one that reflects its environment and traditions—and may foretell a paradigm shift “A big, green garden” is how biodynamic winegrower Patrick Uccelli of Ansitz Dornach a mixed-crop biodynamic farm in the rugged “We can grow more or less everything,” he says “everything” has been narrowed to two things: apples and wine grapes These monocultures are now integral to the region’s farming traditions work an average of just over a hectare each Most feed the dozen cooperatives that are responsible for approximately 70 percent of the region’s production dotted across a range of valleys and clustered around the regional capital of Bolzano account for roughly 30 percent of the Alto Adige’s other wines they turn out some 40 million bottles a year “there is more to the biodynamic wine scene than people outside the region realize,” Meissner says and a lively working group of biodynamic farmers and winegrowers.” Moreover he sees Alto Adige as “a very interesting place of tradition and transformation and of what’s coming towards us from the future.” Alto Adige’s physical and cultural landscape predisposes it to a key element of biodynamics: the integration of animals into winegrowing “I talk with some older growers and they tell me how they used to walk their ox through the vineyards,” notes Jo Pfisterer The interplay of livestock and other crops was part and parcel of Rudolf Steiner’s vision for holistic agriculture The region’s high Alpine pastures and tradition of transhumance plug into this in a way few other regions can the cornerstone of biodynamics is the concept of the farm as a closed system open to human guidance and cosmic influence “This type of farming disappeared from this area 50 years ago,” says Uccelli It was normal.” And as this approach comes back Beyond this—as in other dry, sunny regions, such as Alsace or the Pfalz—lower rainfall, humidity, and disease pressure make biodynamic farming easier in Alto Adige. Romana Echensperger MW, author of a recent book that examines biodynamic viticulture in several European regions cites an increasing awareness among growers that the region’s twin monocultures are not viable long-term As climate change forces them to look for new ways to retain the signature Alpine freshness of the region’s hallmark Schiava “biodynamic methods offer a possibility to temper these challenges,” she believes Biodynamic practices—from intensive composting to work with teas and preparations tailored to the individual needs of a particular plot of land—build moisture-retaining soils all of which are already critical needs in Alto Adige where some of the highest growing-season temperatures in all of Italy are routinely recorded Alto Adige is a sprawling playground of natural parks These daunting land costs have curbed growers’ appetites for taking chances with new farming methods or investing in biodiversity in ways that could cut into productive vineyard area who in many cases have inherited tiny parcels may lack the time and manpower that biodynamic farming requires There is also the bottleneck of an older generation that has been especially slow to hand over the reins Lack of wider market awareness is another issue. Martin Gojer and his partner Marion Untersulzner grow and make the wildly popular biodynamic Pranzegg wines “It’s true that in certain circles the visibility of the new [biodynamically farmed] style of South Tyrol wine is increasing,” says Gojer the share of these wines is still vanishingly small.”  What will it take for biodynamics to take root more firmly in Alto Adige an increase in both scientific research and in the number of positive role models all would help,” says Echensperger But it may also just be a matter of a little more time and a lot more attention from the outside world to what’s already happening In 1979, Ranier Loacker became the first in the region to embrace biodynamics on his seven-hectare estate in Bolzano others noticed—notably a young Alois Lageder who had recently taken over his family’s estate and was remaking and expanding the winery Lageder wanted to build on what he knew from his upbringing about working in accord with natural forces fearing the unknowns of biodynamics at a time when consultants and convincing examples of biodynamic wines were scarce But two decades later, a shift had begun. Cantina Kaltern a large co-op on the shores of Lake Kaltern was nurturing a small group of biodynamic grower-members who were beginning to witness first-hand how these farming practices yielded superior crops explains that the co-op’s cellarmaster at the time supported these biodynamic members with regular exchanges of ideas and practices the Cantina even bottled and sold a biodynamic wine though “the time wasn’t yet right and it struggled to find a market,” he adds Alois Lageder was ready to adopt biodynamics across his 55 hectares in and around the village of Magré was convincing everyone involved in their extensive operations (the estate turns out 1.2 million bottles a year)of the benefits of biodynamics the Lageders brought Meissner on board and together developed a process continually refined in response to real-world practice that gives grower-partners several years to adopt biodynamics under the mentorship of a dedicated team Helena Lageder says her family has seen a steady increase in interest among growers “who are already working organically or biodynamically or who want to convert and don’t want to entrust their grapes to a partner who mixes them with conventional grapes.”  nearly a third of the Lageder’s 80 grower-partners farm biodynamically a feat Echensperger acknowledges as “amazing—but also involving a lot of effort and business risk.” That effort and risk are undertaken by the grower-partners having a steady market for grapes even in a bad year for disease or pest pressures gives them the support to work as they wish The Bolzano-based Working Group for Bio-Dynamic Management connects and nourishes both established and up-and-coming biodynamic growers building a more robust framework for biodynamics to flourish The group counts 200 farmers—not just winegrowers—most in Alto Adige “We get 20 to 30 new farmers coming to us every year,” explains Andreas Dichristin, who sits on the group’s board and is himself a small-scale biodynamic grower at Tröpfltalhof but the development is definitely positive.” Currently the group includes 36 growers in Alto Adige alone accounting for about half of the region’s vineyard hectares under biodynamic cultivation to supporters like Micheal Count Goëss-Enzenberg He sees this ground-up cooperation as vital: “We make some of our preparations with the working group That’s very important for the development of biodynamics in Alto Adige.” He also points to three co-ops that are part of this development Cantina Kaltern’s Rohregger, for instance, says the co-op continues to nurture its tiny band of biodynamic grower members both through grape price premiums and regular meetings. And the grapes grown by these grower-members (and their organic counterparts) are again being bottled separately under the Solos label Rainer’s son and head of the estate since 1998 explains that his draw to biodynamics is its conduciveness to transmitting terroir “By keeping soil vitality at a constant high level the vines are enabled to interact with their terroir and transmit it directly to their fruits,” he says “So the wines made from biodynamically grown grapes tell the true story of their origin.” For a wine region that has struggled to gain a more individualized identity “The impulses contained in biodynamic practice allowed us to organize our farm in such a way as to establish a solid relationship between what we cultivate and the development of our spirit,” says Ansitz Dornach’s Uccelli Uccelli sits at the nexus of Alto Adige’s worlds and continuing a family tradition of selling half his grapes to the Lageders He may well represent the new paradigm for biodynamics in Alto 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three tiers of the alcohol industry The exhibition ‘Light Leaf and Fire Form’ is a first encounter between Ferose’s iron sculptures and Stephane Zwahlen’s colour studies and ‘word works’ The Visual Arts Section at the Goetheanum has brought the two polar approaches together in a way that makes tangible what lives in the in-between in the works of both artists The heat softens it and suddenly it reveals all the colours of the spectrum “Both artists have in common that they are listening the echo of deep layers of consciousness,” says Christiane Haid The exhibition ‘Light Leaf and Fire Form’ is curated by Barbara Schnetzler graphics and sculpture at Freie Kunststudienstätte Ottersberg She was fascinated with iron from an early age First encounters with sheet metal in a car workshop led her to autogenous welding which she learned from the iron sculptor Freddy Madörin in Basel Today she creates freestanding sculptures and large relief-like wall art From thin iron wire she creates works that are sometimes fragile and delicate and sometimes massive and powerful these strong iron structures can enter into a dialogue with Stephane Zwahlen’s transparent and vibrantly colourful paintings photography and typography at Kunstgewerbeschule [arts and crafts college] Basel in Switzerland and used to be assistant stage designer at Theater Basel He also studied painting with Beppe Assenza in Dornach Stephane Zwahlen is interested in what he calls “the silence of the afterimage” As he listens to the resonance of the visible phenomena he creates sequences that make different layers of reality of nature and of the human being visible He complements some of his colour creations with word works Sculptures and paintings by Ferose and Stephane Zwahlen daily from 9 am to 8 pm (extended opening hours during events at the Goetheanum) the First Goetheanum was destroyed in an arson attack Events in and around the Goetheanum will be devoted to the commemoration of this loss The building was intended as a response to the social crises of World War I and the needs of that time: a spiritual impulse for cultural renewal That the First Goetheanum touches people to this day has to do with its profound connection with the human being head of the Visual Arts Section at the Goetheanum explains this effect also with the theme of metamorphosis in the First Goetheanum “The forms reflect the principle of human evolution.” Because every stage can be derived the step to the next stage has to be actively created “This inspires creativity – and may encourage us to take on social tasks.” In order to facilitate an experience of the spiritual reality described in Anthroposophy new artistic forms of expression and new techniques were developed for the construction of the First Goetheanum They include carving techniques for wood and glass The building concept and most of the creative methods were based on Rudolf Steiner‘s indications sketches and models and executed in collaboration with many local experts and artists from around the world Christiane Haid explains that “The idea of a gesamtkunstwerk has been realized here in a unique way in the harmony of all art forms down to the newly created art of eurythmy.” Thanks to a collaboration between the Goetheanum the Rudolf Steiner Archives and the Trigon Foundation‘s Kunstschaudepot (art display depot) reconstruction drawings and models are on display Exhibitions Goetheanum With original design drawings until 10 April 2023 Rudolf Steiner Archives 15 December 2022 to 10 April 2023 Kunstschaudepot Burning and Future of the First Goetheanum 27 December 2022 to 1 January 2023 Vigil A Night of Culture Video series The Goetheanum as a Gesamtkunstwerk was intended as a building that would inspire cultural impulses It was erected during the First World War by people from seventeen nations One hundred years after its destruction by fire in 1922/1923 experts are discussing metamorphosis as a creative impulse in architecture Karin Michael and Adam Blanning have taken on the leadership of the Medical Section at the Goetheanum paediatrics and nursing they cover a broad range in medicine They advocate active healthcare and the promotion of qualifications in all medical professions “With the growing virtualization of our life worlds the healthy development of children and young people faces great challenges today,” says Karin Michael who specializes in child and adolescent medicine she describes the reply of an 11-year-old patient who said “But this is the real world for me” in response to the statement that the real world should play a much more prominent part in everyday life perceives that “many people feel so consumed by the offerings and demands of the outside world that they start to lose some trust in their own capacities for rhythm change and healing.” Burnout and social isolation can be the consequences Together with the oncologist Marion Debus they form the new leadership team of the Medical Section at the Goetheanum The team is planning to extent the professional Care Areas created by their predecessors Matthias Girke and Georg Soldner and make them more international The Care Areas focus on age-specific healthcare tasks and make interdisciplinary therapies in Anthroposophic Medicine available to the public via the platform anthropme­dics.org dealing with fever and infectious diseases They are to be extended to include all of childhood and youth as well as questions regarding a dignified life at an advanced age The team is also committed to healthcare aspects such as nutrition the relationship with nature and spirituality The three leaders also intend to promote the specialized groups in Anthroposophic Medicine because specialized physicians with the additional qualification in Anthroposophic Medicine are in demand for example in the context of severe chronic disease and in dialogue with academic medicine a hundred years after the Medical Section‘s foundation new ways will be sought towards the spiritual deepening of all medical professions All three Section leaders are practising physicians Marion Debus will continue to look after the oncology out-patients at Arlesheim Hospital in Switzerland; Karin Michael also works at the Von-Tessin Centre for Health and Education in Stuttgart Germany; and Adam Blanning will continue working in his GP and family practice In Denver Contact person Ariane Totzke Since 2014 the WHO has worked towards integrating traditional complementary and integrative medical approaches worldwide into healthcare systems After Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine the organization now also published training standards for Anthroposophic Medicine that will have global validity Anthroposophic Medicine has always developed practised and evaluated multimodal therapies based on its self-assigned remit of treating patients holistically – body This also applies to the syndrome of Cancer-Related fatigue Scientific studies are available on the efficacy of Anthroposophic Medicine for example on mistletoe therapy for cancer The film maker Benedikt Schulte presents Anthroposophic Medicine in a series of short films entitled ‘The Art of Healing’ The films provide an insight into the medical practice students and patients to share their experiences and casting a light on the history of Anthroposophic Medicine With her book ‘A Life With Colour’ Caroline Chanter presents the first comprehen-sive biography of the painter Gerard Wagner (1906–1999) Wagner understood the colours as an alphabet and looked for objective principles in the encounter with the being of colour “Gerard Wagner‘s paintings are colour symphonies in themselves whilst motifs as such recede into the background,” is how Caroline Chanter describes the painter‘s work from the 1990s onwards This is not about losing oneself in colour One can observe this particularly well in the metamorphosis series retaining coherence whilst possessing independence at the same time In 1924 Gerard Wagner spent time in the art colony of St Ives studying with the landscape painter John Anthony Park He learned from Park that colour expression is more important than form the young artist studied at the Royal College of Art in London (UK) It was Hookway Cowles who introduced him to Anthroposophy In 1926 Wagner and Cowles travelled to the Goetheanum in Dornach The impressions Gerard Wagner absorbed there turned what was intended to be a short visit into a lifelong stay He deeply studied Anthroposophy and the artistic impulses it has inspired in eurythmy Through colour experiments he explored objective principles of the essence of colour Gerard Wagner encompassed this in the words was expressed in the “direction” of the artistic activity Wagner‘s work was shown in an international exhibition at Menshikov Palace a wing of the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg who studied with Gerard Wagner and is now head of the Dornach painting school founded by him contemplating both external stages and inner motives and including many photos and illustrations Contact person Thomas Didden The exhibition at the Goetheanum features 20 paintings by Margarita Voloshina (1882–1973) The works from the second half of her life come from the Goetheanum collection the Rudolf Steiner Archives and two private collections Built at the time of various reform movements the Goetheanum became a place that sought to inspire fundamental life impulses starting from individual development to a new approach to spheres of practice such as farming the building was an artistic and social project that was completed mostly by women during the final war years “It is a building that makes the whole essence of Anthroposophy visible in artistic form,” says Christiane Haid about the First Goetheanum‘s special intention She is head of both the Visual Art and the Humanities Section at the Goetheanum and initiator of the video series ‘The First Goetheanum as a Synthesis of the Arts’ For this series Christiane Haid invited a number of experts to talk about their research into this cultural impulse from the point of view of architecture It emerges that the building was not only conceived as a gesamtkunstwerk but it was to inspire formative principles and forms of living “that have remained culturally politically and economically important to this day,” Christiane Haid adds which Rudolf Steiner continued to develop artistically is visible in the architectural forms and colour designs of the First Goetheanum and it is the key to understanding life in a way that has been used fruitfully In Goethean science and medicine to this day Christiane Haid is convinced that “Goetheanism holds much potential for other areas Video series The First Goetheanum as a synthesis of the arts Contact person Christiane Haid The Visual Art Section at the Goetheanum calls on professional visual artists to submit art work on the topic of Corona With this appeal the Section would like to highlight two things that even during a pandemic art is important Artistic activity makes familiar with creative processes the art impulse also lives as a stimulus for tasks in agriculture An Art Intensive Week reveals approaches in architecture The Visual Arts Section at the Goetheanum has developed an Art Study Year and an Art Intensive Week to show how this works The painter and writer Margarita Voloshina received public acclaim when she was young for the portraits she painted of prominent Russians But she soon began to question the naturalist style of her teacher Ilya Repin “Does it make sense repeating what is there anyway An entirely new art is needed that reveals a previously unseen world.” Her questions and inner search led to a meeting with Rudolf Steiner and subse-quently to her repeatedly spending longer periods of time at the Goetheanum in Dornach she helped with the building of the First Goetheanum both by carving capitals and painting the ceiling of the small cupola Her studies of anthroposophy also led Margarita Voloshina to explore the nature of colour she described her perceptions: “Transforming the experience of feeling into colour into the movement of colour that becomes rhythm and ultimately form.“ The idea as a whole,” adding that “the composition must not be firmly fixed Margarita Voloshina developed a new style of painting The Goetheanum Art Gallery will show twenty of her watercolours on the Life of Christ until 24 April 2022 The exhibition will be complemented by landscape moods painted by her husband Maximilian Voloshin (1790 characters/Visual Art Section at the Goetheanum; English by Margot M Access in accordance with current conditions for admission at the Goetheanum Vernissage 19 November Contact person Barbara Schnetzler BERLIN (AP) - Voters in Switzerland decided Sunday to make it easier for young "third-generation foreigners" to get Swiss citizenship agreeing to extend to about 25,000 people under age 25 access to the fast-track process now available to foreign spouses of Swiss nationals A "naturalization of third-generation immigrants" measure passed in a national referendum with 60.4 percent of the vote The measure gives young people whose parents and grandparents have lived in Switzerland for years a simplified path to citizenship Being born in Switzerland doesn't automatically confer citizenship in Switzerland and some other European countries While about 25,000 people are estimated to be eligible for the new process the referendum's passage ultimately could be far-reaching in a country where non-citizens make up one-fourth of the population Voters on Sunday also rejected a complex tax reform initiative aimed at getting Switzerland in line with international standards SRF reported that 59.1 percent of voters rejected the tax reform referendum which would have scrapped a two-track tax system that offers lower rates to foreign firms to lure investment Experts say the tax initiative's failure means that overall rates are likely to be set higher - which would be a disincentive to companies that bring in jobs and ultimately tax revenues Critics including regional government leaders and much of the political left had said the initiative would deplete tax coffers for an uncertain payoff Proponents had countered that the reforms were needed to keep competitive a country that has few exportable natural resources and relies heavily on globalized industries such as finance and pharmaceuticals The "third-generation foreigners" initiative will mean less paperwork fewer delays and lower fees for anyone under 25 whose parents and grandparents have lived in Switzerland for years but who did not go through the time-consuming Its immediate beneficiaries are mostly people from elsewhere in Europe or Turkey whose families have been in the Alpine nation for decades not migrants and refugees from Africa and the Middle East whose recent arrival in Europe has sparked a backlash from the political far-right which is not in the 28-nation European Union but is all but surrounded by bloc members has been taking in foreigners for centuries To become a citizen generally requires 12 years of residency mastery of at least one of Switzerland's four national languages and honoring the "fundamental values" of the Swiss Constitution such as equal rights for women and men and freedom of conscience Sunday's referendum was the latest installment of Switzerland's direct democracy that gives voters a frequent say on political decisions A third issue on the national ballot involving infrastructure spending passed with 61.9 percent of the votes also decided against a bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics the region rejected a similar referendum about the 2022 Winter Games Advertising booklet for the private club published upon its opening in 1928 «Watson Library currently has on display an international selection of architecture books on subjects including Bauhaus philosophy and Art Deco decor.» Die Kunsthandwerkliche Förderung des Baumalers: die Förderung des Lehrlings in Werkstatt und Schule Dresden: Im Verlage des Verbandes Sächsischer Vereinigungen Selbständiger Maler und Lackierer is a guide to Bauhaus design and color theory for architecture and interior decoration The plates—strongly evoking the Bauhaus style in muted colors—serve as color charts Farbige Gestaltung durch Keimsche Mineralfarben the polychromatic booklet above titled Farbige Gestaltung durch Keimsche Mineralfarben showcases the company's vibrant exterior paint products as though applied to whimsically illustrated imaginary building facades representing industrial Architektonisches Gestalten: das neue Goetheanum in Dornach von Rudolf Steiner sowie Bauten und Inneneinrichtungen folgender Künstler Another German architecture book currently on display is Architektonisches Gestalten Dedicated to the memory of Anthroposophical Society founder Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) it focuses on the group's then-recently completed second headquarters the Goetheanum (designed by Steiner and completed posthumously) as well as the work of other architects of his circle in Germany black-and-white lithographs of interiors and exteriors and numerous views of the Goetheanum campus A unique element of the structure is rounded forms without any right angles Rzeczy Piękne: organ Muzeum Przemysłowego im The current vitrine also showcases Polish Art Deco architecture Published by Kraków's Museum of Science and Industry from 1925 to 1932 an annual industrial fair that began in 1921 In addition to the publication's distinctive cover the content comprises numerous lithographs and cyanotypes illustrative of the Art Deco period Highlights include images of pavilions representing municipal and manufacturing interests: bentwood furniture from Thonet and metalware and decorative items from the Museum of Science and Industry's collection Another catalog showcasing Art Deco design is this glamorous advertising booklet for the private club this Parisian nightclub brought the amenities and style of the famed Italian beach resort to the center of Paris Advertised as a venue with an "atmosphere of refinement essential to please the elite," Le Lido was patronized by European royalty including Noël Coward and American actor Adolphe Menjou the plates highlight the Art Deco decor including the swimming pool area Carlo Cherubini contributed murals throughout the club The pool at Le Lido was home to nightly performances The publication's eye-catching embossed cover features gilded raised lettering and a colored engraving of the club's pool area and signature interior lighting This festive YouTube clip of the movie Pour un soir (1931) shows the club's interior which include recent acquisitions from contemporary architects Norman Foster Art is necessary for lifeNew expert team in the Visual Art Section at the Goetheanum «Just as the artistic process is a creative process the perception of art in humans also stimulates creativity and self-examination in the viewer» She is the new head of the Visual Art Section a task she has assumed in addition to the leadership of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities and painter she is interested in working on the relationship between the individual artistic genres and the human being This is all the more important since art is beneficial to human health and thus represents a balance to one-sided cognitive-technical activities includes the dimensions of art which – as with Hilma af Klint – explore an approach to supersensory realities artistic activities and reflections on art take place within the section the section will be involved in the design of rooms at the Goetheanum and by autumn will also be establishing studios for artists The section curates exhibits at the Goetheanum with examples from the artistic and visual work of Rudolf Steiner and other anthroposophically inspired artists The goal is to make these artworks accessible to a wider public and to convey Rudolf Steiner‘s impulses and suggestions for art and aesthetics an art project on the coronavirus is underway which will be used to create an exhibition at the Goetheanum in the summer A team of experts will support section head Christiane Haid in all these tasks exhibitions) and Pieter van der Ree (architecture) (2050 characters/SJ; translation by Bettina Hindes) the Swiss artist Heikedine Günther will show her latest work The more than 50 oil paintings and monotypes open up a world of impulses and reveal their effect on the surroundings which will be shown at the Goetheanum until 20 July 2022 offers insight into the diverse creative work of the painter Hans Hermann His work covers a wide range from naive painting to attempts at grasping the sensory and supersensory in abstract pictures to the liberation of colour New Management at Goetheanum Publishing House The Goetheanum publishing house appointed Thomas Didden as its new managing director Christiane Haid remains responsible for the editorial content Christiane Haid has been managing director and head of the Goetheanum publishing house since 2009 In 2012 she also assumed the leadership of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities at the Goetheanum Christiane Haid handed over the management of the publishing house to Thomas Didden in order to focus on other tasks at the Goetheanum She remains responsible for the editorial content and thus for contact with the authors She will also continue to be the liaison with the Goetheanum Leadership Thomas Didden is an historian and Germanist He has held various managerial positions at anthroposophical institutions such as the Academie voor Eurythmie at The Hague In addition to managing the publishing house he is the coordinator for the Rudolf Steiner Schools in Switzerland and is a member of the administrative board of Vital Speisehaus PLC The main sponsor of the publishing house is an association Christoph Oling has stepped down as president of the association and Ursula Piffaretti as a member of the board on account of retirement The new president will be Thomas Spalinger from Raffael-Verlag there are challenges posed to the further development of the publishing house amongst other things by the digitalisation of society which the new board of directors and the staff of the publishing house will address The new board of directors is composed of: Thomas Didden Josef Haid and Thomas Spalinger; the staff members are: Anna S The Goetheanum publishing house publishes books from the Sections at the Goetheanum and other anthroposophical titles some of them in English; it is also a licensor for foreign publishers The Foundation for Book Art named ‘Architecture and Mathematics’ by Paul Schatz in 2014 and ‘Ars Herbaria’ by Karin Mecozzi in 2015 as one of the 25 “most beautiful German books” Need Help? My Profile Logout On this day in 1968 ……… The long-time treasurer of the European Bluegrass Music Association (EBMA) She grew up in an environment where classical music was important music was (and still is) an important element At the age of 10 Torrie began to take violin lessons and soon joined the school orchestra Although she admits that she didn’t always enjoy the practicing (who does?) she is very grateful that she was encouraged to learn to play the violin Torrie has been a bluegrass music lover since the late 1980s and has been actively involved since 1991; as a fiddle player in two Basel-based bands firstly with Down Yonder and then in the Bluegrass Hoppers Later, in 1993, Torrie became involved in the administration and promotion of bluegrass music when she joined some like-minded individuals in setting up the Swiss Bluegrass Music Association From October 1999 through to September 2004 she was the chair of the board of this organisation Torrie became involved in the European Bluegrass Network (EBN) from its very beginnings in Basel in 1995 She was tasked to act as the representative for the Swiss bluegrass community and to type the first two editions of the European Bluegrass Directory She is a co-founder of the European Bluegrass Music Association (EBMA) and has been its treasurer as well as the membership administrator which is when chairmanship started to be rotating annually among all EBMA board members Torrie started to play bass with a new local band and is looking forward to bringing this band out into Europe eventually She is an alum of the IBMA’s Leadership Bluegrass class of 2011 So much for the bald facts; what caused Angelika Torrie to become a fan of the music to be an active performer and then move on to administrative and promotional roles within the bluegrass music community What is it about bluegrass music that attracted you to it Initially I felt most attracted by instrumental virtuosity played in a free way (without sheet music) but I heard the singing rather as part of the instruments than the words I have to really concentrate if I want to catch the lyrics of a song (other people seem to be the other way round…) I’ve always been most impressed with instrumental virtuosity this might be something that may be found in other musical styles but there’s another element that attracted and kept me in the bluegrass music; the easy access to artists and to people who like this music I haven’t found another cultural activity where people across borders and oceans connect so easily than within the bluegrass scene I like to watch the development bluegrass music goes through when it’s played by bands of various European countries In some cases it seems to pick up the musical heritage of the particular country – sometimes more You play the fiddle (violin); is that something that you did before learning about bluegrass music Tell me about your interest in the instrument I think I was a pretty good player at 18; I even played solo parts in the school orchestra I took my instrument with me when I spent one year in Scotland after school (baccalaureate) I discovered the Scottish folk dance and music And ironically it was in a pub called The Fiddlers Arms where I played in a jam session for the first time and picked up Devil’s Dream It was only a few years after my return to Switzerland that I discovered I actually qualified to play in a bluegrass band (until then I had only heard bluegrass music once on a bad live recording!) I was asked to join a band of a banjo playing friend of mine as their fiddle player in 1991 You have been pro-active in getting bluegrass aficionados organised to support and promote bluegrass music; what has been your motivation in this regard It just happened without me looking for it In 1993 there was a call for action by the owner at that time of the Swiss Bluegrass mail-order shop Acoustics for the Swiss bluegrass scene to form a loose group for monthly meetings the Swiss Bluegrass Music Association was formed A strong force behind this formation was Paolo Dettwiler probably the first second-generation bluegrasser in Switzerland banjo pioneer Ruedi Dettwiler in Switzerland With a talent for accounting (working as a secretary in an accountants company was enough qualification) Always working closely with Paolo led to my election as chairperson after Paolo’s resignation in 1999 I was asked to help organize tours for American bluegrass bands which evolved into another activity as a self-employed booking agent Paolo – as many will know and remember – was also a driving force in forming the European Bluegrass Network which became the European Bluegrass Music Association on 4th February 2001 As it worked so well in the Swiss association I was elected as treasurer with Paolo being the chairperson In 2004 I stepped back from the SBMA board only a few weeks before my second child was born What progress do you think the Swiss Bluegrass Music Association and the European Bluegrass Music Association have made since their formation Both organisations have been able to concentrate the fan base and to offer useful services to musicians and other people active in connection with bluegrass music And they’ve both become umbrellas for activists and consumers of the music and they have actually raised the image of bluegrass music to the “outside” world and have been instrumental in keeping bluegrass fans and professionals informed on a regular basis through print and electronic media and in supporting bluegrass events The main focus at the beginning was to connect people a goal that has been thoroughly achieved by both organisations Meanwhile the scene is alive and kicking and in particular the Swiss association is an example for other countries’ national organisations Now both SBMA and EBMA can focus on priorities such as supporting projects to bring youth to bluegrass music doing research and acknowledging the pioneers in Switzerland/Europe (thus building a base to preserve the history) what have been the most significant events in the improved promotion of bluegrass music in Europe The initiation of the European World of Bluegrass month and the EWOB Festival in the Netherlands by the European Bluegrass Network in the 1990s and under the umbrella of EBMA from 2001 through 2010 (since 2011 the festival is run independently from EBMA) has probably developed to be the most significant event in Europe More and more concerts happening in the month of May as the worldwide month of bluegrass have created a rising awareness of what the music is and the international attention and recognition The creation of awards from the 2nd EWOB Festival onwards was another achievement which brought publicity to bands and to the festival itself Although a split off from the organizing group in the Netherlands in 2001 caused irritation this movement too has led into a recognized event with the Bluegrass Festival in La Roche-sur-Foron in France organised on a highly professional level with lots of publicity over four days with a highly qualified on-site jury of 10 or more people from across Europe You took on the role of Chairperson of the EBMA in 2009 how has the organization developed since then and in what ways do you hope it will develop in the future The priorities of EBMA are to intensify the networking across borders to enable exchange of know-how in the various fields to further youth in bluegrass music in Europe and to continue providing information on an international level I think it’s important in some cases to create an awareness for bluegrass music being a genre in its own rights which doesn’t necessarily reflect a certain lifestyle – bluegrass music is a link from person to person as our organisation depends on and exists through voluntary work we have to be realistic in what can be achieved Many organisations like ours feel the lack of manpower these days and a lot of work is done by only a handful of people – for free it also has to be a priority to find new people enthusiastic enough to join us in our endeavours I personally have learned a lot simply by doing it And meeting and working with people who share the love for our music – my board colleagues – has been enriching my life for the past 20 years and I don’t want to miss one minute of it we decided to reorganise a bit and put chairmanship onto a rotating system and after the 5th edition of the European Bluegrass Summit in March next year it will be another member of the board and so on This way the workload is more evenly distributed and not focusing on one representative only Richard Hawkins reminded me that you took over the role of Editor of the German Bluegrass print magazine Bluegrass Bühne in December 2009; how did that come about three publications were printed in one magazine All three editors (Rienk Janssen of Strictly Country Eberhard Finke of Bluegrass Buehne and Paolo Dettwiler of Bluegrass Europe) had decided to retire after the Feb/Mar 2011 issue Then Eberhard felt he couldn’t face another year and announced his retirement by end of 2009 in March of that year Being close to the magazine through EBMA and Bluegrass Europe (and German being my mother tongue) I felt that the gap from December 2009 – February 2011 wanted to be filled With five years editing experience from the Swiss SBMA newsletter I approached Eberhard in May how he’d feel about my taking over this responsibility and by the time Bluegrass Europe became independent and Strictly Country ceased a German Bluegrass Music Association had been formed (in 2010) and took over responsibility for the German magazine Thus I was free to take over editorship of Bluegrass Europe in February 2011 from Paolo Dettwiler Since you took over the editorship of Bluegrass Europe what are your plans for the magazine in the immediate future It had been a topic at the European Bluegrass Summit in 2010 But eventually everybody agreed that our association (EBMA) needed a tangible asset to offer to members Thus the magazine was revamped and extended to a 40 page magazine which is still gaining recognition worldwide numerous articles by great writers from both Europe and the US we think it reflects a part of bluegrass music that is not covered by existing bluegrass publications and we’ve gained many subscribers even in the US how do you see the publishing of European bluegrass magazines developing A bluegrass magazine based within a bluegrass association fulfills a purpose by informing the membership of local national and international bluegrass-relevant developments So as long as there is a committed editor (or even better an editorial team) there is no doubt a European magazine in printed form from the EBMA will be appreciated for many years to come EBMA’s mission statement is “Working together to support Bluegrass Music across borders.” This piece is an adaptation and update of a profile written for Bluegrass Europe magazine, # 75, published August/September 2010. Latest Event ListingsSearch Events powered by AhSo © Bluegrass Today 2025powered by AhSo Home   News   Article A new takeaway has landed in the Highlands The Angry Seagull Fish and Chip bar has opened at Dornoch Castle Hotel serving local fresh food that can be enjoyed in lovely surroundings The food van was launched by Grant MacNicol and Magda Meredith during the last week of June Grant said: “I have always loved the name and I have had the idea for years “Seagulls are known for stealing chips in Dornach - I’m so glad to finally be able to carry out the idea.” They plan to provide fancy food in takeaway boxes and hope to launch a ‘lobster lunch’ where people can dine in style “We plan to provide quality food in takeaway boxes” He already runs ‘Grant MacNicol at the Castle’ which provides seasonal menus with a Mediterranean twist Diners will be able to get a drink from inside the hotel and come outside and enjoy the food served at the takeaway van The Angry Seagull Fish and Chip Bar will travel to different locations in the Highlands throughout the year and they plan to be based in Inverness during the winter months They also plan to get branded shirts and merchandise so people can keep a memoir of the great name Opening times are from 12pm-8pm Wednesday to Friday and seven days a week during summer David Kitt and Luke O’Neill are among 11 players selected for to represent Ireland in the Boys Home Internationals at Royal Dornach in Scotland starting on Tuesday Well done to all who took part in yesterday's very successful Scratch Cup here in Galway Bay.The Senior Scratch Cup was won by Athenry's David Kitt with an outstanding 66 Gross, Net 67.Our Junior Scratch… https://t.co/YK4NAfo2oj — Galway Bay Golf Resort (@galwaybaygolf) July 30, 2018 Both players were among the six automatic selections for the three-day event  Athenry’s Kitt took his place via the Bridgestone Boys International Order of Merit And Connemara’s O’Neill earned his spot on the Tom Montgomery Order of Merit Kitt represented Ireland in the European Boys Championship in the Czech Republic in July And O’Neill was Connacht under 18 champion in April Congratulations to Luke O’Neill on winning the Connacht GUI Championship. A tough few days of golf – well done to all competitors. pic.twitter.com/yMTW9zvQBh — CARNE GOLF LINKS (@CarneGolfLinks) April 6, 2018 Mark Power (Kilkenny) and Aaron Marshal (Lisburn) were also selected through the Bridgestone rankings alongside Kitt And Max Kennedy (Royal Dublin) and Tom McKibbin (Holywood) joined O’Neill on the Tom Montgomery route The Golfing Union of Ireland confirmed the five remaining places went to John Brady (Rosslare) Odhran Maguire (Slieve Russell) and Eoin Murphy (Dundalk) Ireland last won the event in 2013 at Forest Pines and they have five members of the side that came second at St Anne’s Old Links in 2017 finishing second behind England – Brady Brady and Power are actually making their third appearance at the Boys Home Internationals having also played in 2016 at Ballyliffin Ireland Boys Captain Alasdair Gibson (Knock) will accompany the team along with manager John McKinstry (Cairndhu) and GUI National Coach Neil Manchip Royal Dornoch,7-9 August): John Brady (Rosslare) Log in to leave a comment © 2025 GalwayDaily. 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