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The 60th Manizales Bullfighting Season began in Colombia with a mixed bullfight where the fans filled three quarters of the bullring despite the intermittent rain and with a great atmosphere.   The Mondoñedo bulls inaugurated the fair with a varied game but with the characteristic fierceness and dangerousness that distinguishes them.   Manuel Libardo was the maximum winner when he pardoned the first bull of his lot, “Greñudo” number 248 of 480 kilos. The bull gave good play on the right side with the hand at medium height, on the left side rebrincando and with a batch of long natural that were worth for the public to ask the judge a pardon that was quickly granted.   With the second bull of his lot, he was not able to round off the faena due to failures with the sword and heard two warnings.   The Venezuelan rejoneador Jose Luis Rodriguez out of place and with a null transmission passed his presentation in this Monumental plaza where the first of his lot that ended boring in the fight could not show his qualities, heard three warnings and gave him death the outstanding, left the ring between roar and whistles of the audience. With the second of his lot he left in silence.     The novillero Luis Miguel Ramirez could not cope with the fierceness of the first of his lot, which was early and did not allow failures, and he was abbreviated and left in silence due to failures with the sword. With the seventh he was able to round off the faena with nuances and technique, verticality, the somewhat defective but effective thrust, which did not need a lace, earned him an ear.   Anderson Sanchez showed desire but little room with his lot, with the first was varied in the crutch but heard three warnings. With the last one, which was given a turn around the ring, he was able to stick batches on both sides with variety to a young bull that came to more and had transmission and bravery, after the thrust he received an ear.   The atmosphere of this fair is expected to increase with the arrival of the international figures that are already in Colombian territory and that augurs for another year, the success of this season.  

The traditional bullfight with which the year is received annually in Yuriria, Guanajuato, during this 2025 ended under a tremendous downpour, despite which, Isaac Fonseca decided to fight the last bull in a bullring that had become a quagmire, with which he cut his second ear of the celebration and left on shoulders.   Absolute dedication marked the development of this bullfighting event by the bullfighters, but it was Isaac Fonseca’s accurate sword that made the numerical difference, since the public was greatly moved by the work of the bullfighters and even the forcados, and although Paola and Gamero let the Puerta Grande slip away, during their bullfights, both heard shouts of «torera! and «torero», respectively.   Emiliano Gamero opened the bullring and faced a batch of bulls from the El Saucillo ranch, with age and serious character that did not give the desired game, but this rejoneador and his stable put their chest in both bullfights to achieve structured work with spectacular passages in the placement of banderillas that convinced the people, who despite the weather, filled the seats to three quarters of their capacity. Both bulls were sent off at the second trip with the «rejón de muerte». The Forcados de Querétaro accompanied him in each round of the bullring, as they achieved several bullfights, being impressive the one they did with the fourth bull.   Paola San Roman showed her quality and bravery, as she faced a lot of little game from the Marco Garfias ranch. The second bull of the encierro was allowed to be fought at the beginning, but ended up distracted, in spite of which, the matador gave him tandas with feeling and temperament. She was well above the conditions of the fifth bull, which she handled with solvency and got valuable muletazos on both sides. She was not successful with the sword and her valuable work remained without any prize.   Isaac Fonseca before the third and sixth bulls, performed like a cannon with the sword to sign a varied and quality faena to the first of them, which he received with faroles on his knees and chicuelinas to then link series of very tight passes. He cut the first ear of the bullfight. With the bull that closed the bullfight, he risked his life to fight under a torrential downpour in a very slippery arena. He earned another appendix and the exit through the Puerta Grande.     FESTIVAL REPORT   Yuriria, Guanajuato. Bullring La Guadalupana. Three quarters of the audience in a cloudy and cold afternoon, with a heavy downpour during the sixth bull fight. Two bulls of El Saucillo for rejones and four bulls of Marco Garfias for the bullfighters on foot, of little game. The weights of the bulls were not announced.   Rejoneador Emiliano Gamero: Vuelta in each one.    Los Forcados Queretanos: Vuelta in each one.   Paola San Roman: Palmas in her lot.   Isaac Fonseca: Ear and ear. Fotos Salomón Martinez        Galería

The Pepe Garfias steers to be fought this Sunday in Autlan de la Grana, have already been received by the authorities of the “Alberto Balderas” bullring, headed by the judge Roberto Vazquez Medina and his team, and everything is ready for this promotional event that will be with free admission, starting at 5:00 pm.   On the poster are announced Eduardo Neyra, Axel Lopez and the Spaniard Borja Ximelis, who replaces Javier Cuartero, who is injured in the right wrist as a result of a blow received in the past days that prevents him from coming to fight.   The characteristics of the steers of the Potosina cattle ranch are the following:    Number 49, colorado bragado, acucharado. Number 52, black bragado, meano, paliabierto.  Number 86, bragado colorado bragado corrido, left pitón. Number 88, black ribbon, bragado, bragado, meano, paliabierto. Number 110, black bragado bragado corrido and meano, cornidelantero. Number 178, black bragado, acucharado.    The encierro has an average weight of approximately 430 kilos.   Neyra will perform for the first time in Autlan, while Axel repeats after having fought the novillada of 2024, in which he cut an ear to a San Martin bull. Borja Ximelis, born in Palma de Mallorca in 1997, is the grandnephew of banderillero Victoriano Rodríguez. He has been a student of the bullfighting schools of Alicante and Madrid. He debuted on July 11, 2019 and the pandemic stopped his development, as happened with countless novilleros. In Mexico he appeared in the “Silverio Pérez” bullring in Texcoco on April 7, 2024, and a week later he made his debut in Madrid, precisely in the same novillada that Neyra fought, the second of the duranguense in the first bullring in the world.   In addition to allowing free admission to the public, the company will raffle a cape, a muleta, a set of 20 books published by Fomento Cultural de Tauromaquia Hispanoamericana, as well as a motorcycle, more than enough incentives to come with the family to this celebration that precedes the Carnival of Autlan 2025, which will offer four bullfights scheduled between Saturday, March 1 and Tuesday, March 4.   Galería

A triumphant bullfight was experienced in the Yucatan town of Tizimín, where the audience, which packed the plaza, enjoyed from beginning to end of an exciting celebration thanks to the dedication displayed by Guillermo Hermoso de Mendoza and Fauro Aloi, who competed and came out on shoulders after fighting the bulls of Rancho Seco, which sent an excellent run of bulls.   Spurred on by Hermoso’s triumph with the bull that opened the bullring, to which the Navarrese had cut two ears, Fauro came out to show his face in the second bull, to which he did an intoned performance in which he shone in several passages of the bullfight, although the bull was soon extinguished. He received the Rancho Seco bull riding “Mangérico”, to later take out “Faraón”, with whom he executed two extraordinary quiebros. Then came out “Chato”, with whom he stuck two “banderillas al violín”, and finished the performance with “Máximo”, a horse with whom he placed a short “banderilla corta”. Unfortunately, he made two jabs before the final “rejón de muerte” and gave a lap around the ring. With the tail cut off by Guillermo in the third bull, the afternoon had become uphill for Fauro, but he spared no effort with a beautiful Murube bull that closed the bullring, to which he did a vibrant work that began riding “Mangérico”, to later bring out “Atila” in banderillas and culminate his work nailing a short banderilla on “Máximo”.   The supreme luck was consummated after a jab in the middle, after an effective rejón de muerte, and perhaps this prevented him from being awarded the tail, but he was awarded the two ears and so both riders left the arena on shoulders, amidst the racket of the public who enjoyed a magnificent bullfight. This was Fauro Aloi’s third bullfight in a row in Yucatan bullrings, including his performance at the Monumental Merida on January 1st, as well as the one he fought yesterday in Peto, where he cut two ears. In addition to this afternoon’s triumph, the dynasty horseman began the year with very good omens for the upcoming bullfights on his agenda. The next date is Saturday, February 22 at the “La Luz” bullring in Leon, where he is announced in another bullfight in the company of Jorge Hernandez Garate and Guillermo Hermoso himself, to fight Rancho Seco bulls again.   FESTIVAL FILE   Tizimín, Yucatan. Bullfight of fair, of “rejones”. Full “Sold out” (about 4 thousand 200 people), in a pleasant afternoon.   Rancho Seco bulls, well presented and good in general, of which 1st, 3rd and 4th stood out for their quality.    Guillermo Hermoso de Mendoza: Two ears and two ears and tail.   Fauro Aloi: Turn and two ears after request.    Incidences: The Forcados de Aposento da Moita performed three pegas with a lot of exposure and shared the laps of the ring with the rejoneadores. At the end, the two riders went out on shoulders with the breeder Sergio Hernández Weber.