The fair of San Isidro 2017

With his twenty years just turned, Ginés Marín He was the only matador this San Isidro to cut off both ears of the same bull, thus winning all the awards as a revelation bullfighter at the fair. His precocity, freshness and naturalness before a great bull from Alcurrucén revolutionized the public from the first series with his left hand. They will have to spend many seasons to forget Ginés Marín's chest passes, the ornaments of a lot of bullfighting and an effective lunge that, in one fell swoop, allowed him to fulfill all his dreams. The exit on the shoulders towards Alcalá street was triumphant and a breath of the future, just in the year in which a great bullfighting great, Manuel Rodríguez “Manolete” was remembered and honored, who would have turned one hundred years in 2017. the future shook hands.

Juan del Álamo, with just six years of alternative, also opened the Puerta Grande de Las Ventas for the first time, after having touched it on multiple occasions. The Salamanca cut an ear to each of his bulls of Alcurrucén after a first task full of elegance and a vibrant second, where he left samples of his honor.

Enrique Ponce He also unlocked the Puerta Grande by walking one and one during Domingo Hernández's run. It had been fifteen years since the Valencian could not get on the shoulders towards Calle Alcalá. His was an afternoon of ambition, teaching and technique.

Another of the names of the fair was the one of Alejandro Talavante, who came to advertise up to four times during the cycle -including charity- and walked a total of three ears distributed among all his performances, before the runs of El Puerto de San Lorenzo, where he fought in slow motion and "crunched the natural" a coat of Conde de Mayalde-, Núñez del Cuvillo and Victorino Martín. The afternoon of Cuvillo, he received a goring of twenty centimeters in the thigh, but he refused to enter the infirmary until finishing his task. With the fresh wound, it reappeared for Victorino's in one of the most anticipated celebrations.

It was, without a doubt, the San Isidro of the Extremadura, since, apart from Ginés Marín and Talavante, his countryman, Antonio Ferrera, he enthused the public of the city in his two appearances. The first of them, with the run of Las Ramblas, in which, almost without a bull, a temperate job was invented at half height that earned him an ear. He returned to Adolfo Martin's, where he did not touch hair, but he again deployed his bullfighting and his knowledge during the fight.

Morenito de Aranda was the bullfighter in "open the tin" in San Isidro 2017, walking the first ear of the serial thanks to a job with transmission and impeccable placement before an interesting bull of El Ventorrillo.

Days later, during the run of Parladé, the presidential box granted an ear to Madrid David Mora; trophy that was protested by a certain sector of the public.

There were no reproaches, however, with the ear strolled by The Juli before a copy of Alcurrucén to which he dropped his hand, he tore long and killed a estoconazo, the same day he confirmed the alternative to two that begin: Ginés Marín and Álvaro Lorenzo. That afternoon, the veteran made it clear that he still has a lot of reel to command in bullfighting.

Just one day later, his partner, Sebastián Castella, they were seen with the hurricane of bravery that was "Hebrew", of Jandilla. The Frenchman started the job in a vibrant way in the media, with the muletazos predominating on the right, lowering his hand. The placement of the sword, middle and back, made the prize for his effort remain in one ear.

Who was shown a cannon with the rapier was the Mexican Joselito Adame, who walked a trophy thanks to a thrust without crutch, kill or die, nothing orthodox, but one of the most spectacular of the fair to a copy of El Torero.

Another Extremaduran who touched hair: Miguel Ángel Perera in the run of Victoriano del Río. He walked classic, tempered and firm, in a binding work topped by a good thrust. That same afternoon, he also touched hair Andrés Roca Rey before a meek and cracked bull who put together a mess almost stuck to boards. The young Peruvian made a show of control and security, drawing water from a well that seemed dry.

To finish the balance of the bullfighters who cut an ear in San Isidro, it is necessary to name Gómez del Pilar, who walked a trophy of a crippled Dolores Aguirre, who received the gayola portal to fight it later with a link.

Although they did not touch hair, we must also highlight the performances of Fortes y Gonzalo Caballero, awarded with the return to the ring. The Spaniard, tremendously honest all afternoon, put the audience on his feet with a terrifying closing Bernardo; while Caballero executed one of the lunges of the fair.

San Isidro 2017 also left a miracle, when Paco Ureña he escaped being imprisoned against the boards by a violent bull of Montalvo; a lesson of French boldness Juan Leal in the corrida of Valdefresno; a waste of inventive French Juan Bautista, who took out of the sleeve a new remove with the cloak to which is already known "jalabertina", in honor of his last name; and an exciting minute of silence in honor of Víctor Barrio, the day in which one year of his last evening in Las Ventas was celebrated.

It was also the last San Isidro of a bullfighter not from Madrid, but from Madrid, Iván Fandiño, who would die days later, the 17 of June, in the French plaza of Aire Sur L'Adour under the python of a bull of Baltasar Ibán. Fandiño made the paseíllo for the last time in Las Ventas on May 29, receiving the bull of his farewell at the door of toriles, face or cross, as was his life.

The bull "Hebrew", from livestock Jandilla, the 26 of May jumped into the arena of Las Ventas, proving to be, from the capote salute, a spring of bravery. Harmonious, with a long neck, very astifino and a huge costume, it was the luck of the French matador Sebastián Castella, who managed to cut off his ear. In the end, the presidency decided to take out the blue handkerchief to reward "Hebrew" for its chaste and endless attacks.

The 7 of June came the turn of the other bull of the fair, awarded with the return of honor: by name "Hare", coming from the livestock of Remake. An imposing Cinqueño of 647 kilos, who took up three rods in the first third, and who in the crutch had mobility and humiliation. Alberto Aguilar, cheered, had to overcome a pitonazo in the thigh, leaving a task of less to more.

But in addition to "Hebrew" and "Hare" they highlighted a high number of copies for their game, as "Fearful" of La Quinta, dealt with in the first installment by Javier Jiménez; "Cetero" by El Ventorrillo, with which Morenito de Aranda cut the first ear of the fair; "Scandalous" by Montalvo, which fell to Curro Díaz on the day of the feast of San Isidro; "Hortelano" by Fuente Ymbro, which almost made it possible for El Fandi to walk an ear requested by the bleachers; the entangled "Tristón" and "Nenito" by Núñez del Cuvillo, the lot of a superb Alejandro Talavante who was about to leave on his shoulders if he did not beat with the sword; "Barberillo" by Alcurrucén, with which Ginés Marín confirmed the alternative and opened the Puerta Grande; "Cojito" by Victoriano del Río, a blasted chestnut fought by López Simón; "Libertino", "Inclusero" and, above all, "Granaíno", all of them from the herd of Domingo Hernández, that took antiquity in the Sales with a run of note and some of the best thirds of rods of the cycle; "Trickster" by Celestino Cuadri, which wounded José Carlos Venegas at the end of a job by Bernadines; "Burgalito" by Dolores Aguirre, currency that did not fight in Madrid from 2010, and to which Gómez del Pilar cut an ear; "Pastelero" by Victorino Martín, undoubtedly, one of the fiercest bulls in the fair, and thanks to which Paco Ureña gave two rounds to the ring after puncturing his task; "Coquinero" by Rehuelga, awarded in the end by the General Council of Veterinary Colleges; Y "Licenciado" and "Antequerano", by Alcurrucén, livestock that doubled in the cycle, and that allowed the Puerta Grande de Juan del Álamo.

Unfortunately, the San Isidro 2017 fair was not characterized by its large thirds of staffs; although some varilargueros yes that shone by their effectiveness or purity in a luck that, executed correctly, is of enormous beauty. Those cited below were, among others, applauded or cheered after concluding their work on horseback: Tito Sandoval, who stood out in both the Montalvo and the Victoriano del Río runs; Curro Sánchez; José Doblado; Francisco Ponz "Puchano"; Pedro Iturralde, and Juan Carlos Sánchez.

More than the picadors, the men of silver stood out, who, during the second third, left some memorable moments, of great emotion, self-esteem and bullfighting, because the poet Manuel Machado said that "his first wish would have been to be a good banderillero" . During San Isidro, they had to say hello after their intervention: Roberto Martín “Jarocho”, Pascual Mellinas, Víctor Manuel Martínez, Ángel Otero, Domingo Siro, Jesús Arruga, Raúl Martí, “El Sirio”, José Chacón, Vicente Herrera, Rafael Viotti, Fernando Sánchez, Morenito de Arles, Curro Javier, Pepín Monge, Jesús Robledo "Tito", Iván García, Alberto Zayas, Miguel Martín and Marco Leal.

During the run of Montalvo, the third of Curro Díaz was caught on the thigh, Manuel Muñoz. Scares too, although blood does not reach the river, Víctor Manuel Martínez, who put a heroic pair; "The Sirius", who had to give a hairless race to the tables, and Pascual Mellinas, that almost is imprisoned against the alley.

The knowledge of the bull, the terrains and the distances, the agility and the softness with the capote are fundamental requisites for a good fight, indispensable art because it can improve or worsen the animal's attacks in the last third. In San Isidro, the impeccable work of the following silver men was rewarded: Rafael González, Miguel Martín, José Daniel Ruano, Jesús Díez “Fini”, Javier Ambel, José Antonio Carretero, Joselito Rus, Iván García, Pedro Vicente Roldán and Marco Galán.

In the first novillada of the cycle isidril, they made the paseíllo the Venezuelan Jesús Enrique Colombo, who made his presentation, and the Sevillians Pablo Aguado y Rafael Serna, before young bulls The Montecillo that gave a good game. During the celebration, Colombo's attitude stood out, who put up flags and left a meritorious and exciting performance awarded with the return to the ring despite the request for an ear from the public, who quickly connected with the bullfighter. Aguado also shone fighting with the cape, the veronica and knee on the ground, and by a estoconazo to the fifth.

In the second novillada, the utreros of Montealto, noble but with little bellows, did not give so much game. In an international poster, only Diego Carretero He greeted an ovation, while the Mexican Leo Valadez And French Andy Younes, which was presented, they were silenced. However, there were two vibrant moments. The first, when a bull, when entering to kill, caught Carter in a final by Bernadines and, miraculously, only broke his satchel. The second, a colorful and varied remove by crinolinas Valadez.

No hair was touched until the third and last novillada of the serial. The prize went to the Madrid Juan Miguel, which shocked the public with an ugly somersault. He did not grieve the young man who finished his performance getting into the pythons. Las Madrileño returned to Las Ventas, Ángel Sánchez, that had excited at the beginning of the season with a novillada of La Quinta. This time, he was not so lucky and just greeted an ovation before the most interesting singer of Flower of Jara. He took the worst batch the Salamanca Alejandro Marcos, that was silenced.

The first Puerta Grande of the Madrid season took the rubric of the rejoneador Diego Ventura. He walked one ear of each of his bulls, from the livestock of Los Espartales, mixing perfectly smoothness with risk. Eight days later, in the run of El Capea, he made an exhibition of knowledge and returned to leave on the shoulders after facing a one-on-one with Leonardo Hernández, who also left in the wings. The Portuguese walked three trophies, desorejando to the third of the afternoon and thrilling the respectable, who ended up standing before the spectacularity of Ventura, who already adds fourteen Puertas Grandes throughout his brilliant career.

Leonardo Hernandez, for his part, he cut two ears - one to each of his lot - taking advantage of the good game of the murubes of El Capea. In the rain, vibrant, enrazado, and on the back of “Despacio”, he nailed a superb pair of two hands. In the sixth, he pressed the accelerator to pull off an ear that would allow him to go out with Ventura through the Puerta Grande de la Monumental in Madrid. And he achieve it.

The third exit on the shoulders in the rejoneo chapter took the name of Sergio Galán, who walked three ears despite the complications raised by the bulls of Fermín Bohórquez. More resounding than ever, it added its eighth Big Door. That same afternoon, she also touched hair -one ear- the French Lea Vicens. The Amazon suffered a spectacular fall, fortunately without serious consequences.