There is a desire for revelry, there is a desire for spring and there is a desire for bullfights. It was demonstrated this Saturday in Illescas, at its Miracle Fair, with a full house to burst in a flashy poster to see three figures. The winner of the afternoon was, of course, the Peruvian Andrés Roca Rey, the condor who dazzled the masses and who cut off four ears in a waste of courage. José María Manzanares, who perhaps did the deepest bullfighting of the afternoon, was left in two; and Talavante, who seems to have recovered from the huge slump of 2022, settled for one.
This season, after almost 20 alternatives, Manzanares has decided to open billboards. It’s never too late. In the first he showed off with the cape, very established, taking the bull to the media. And it would be the only thing worth noting, because on the third crutch Miedoso rolled and there was nothing to do. The fourth he gave him time. As soon as he lowered his hand, Morisqueto stuck his horns in the sand. The suspicion was that what was given was going to end right away, but Manzanares knows a lot more than the people on the line and little by little, at half height, he was getting into the basket. He lavished himself with his left more than usual and achieved good naturals. And with the right he linked series of four or five crutches finished off with those on the chest, where he is unbeatable. There is no one with his packaging. Although the subordinate raised Morisqueto with the lace, they awarded him two well-deserved appendices and the bull was applauded in the drag.
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Illescas bullring.
Saturday, March 11, 2023. First fair. Totally full in spring afternoon. Bulls from Daniel Ruiz’s ranch (including the sombrero, 5th bis), the first two unfortunate. The third humiliated, although it was over soon. Well the fourth, Morisqueto, applauded. The last two are noble. -
Jose Maria Manzanares,
of rioja and gold. Jab and lunge (silence). In the fourth, lunge (two ears). -
Alexander Talavante,
of rioja and gold. Four jabs and short lunge (silence). Lunge and pithing (one ear). -
king rock,
of scarlet and gold. Lunge (two ears). In the sixth, lunge (two ears).
If Miedoso was an invalid, Lechón was also brown, he was a user of the National Hospital for Paraplegics in neighboring Toledo. What names they give to animals! “What a shame,” a man yelled when the varilarguero from Talavante gave him palliative care and the matador didn’t even try to hide the fraud. With the fifth, a nobleman (for a reason he was called Duke), Talavante carried out that bullfighting for which he is always expected. Very tight and very tied, coiling with the animal, which he killed with a thrust. However, the piquantity left the prize in one ear.
Roca Rey is a world apart. Just by throwing his cloak behind his back in a remove he drove the crowd crazy. The task of the third began in the media, with statuary. Her uncle didn’t move, and that always causes furor. This Naughty is not that he was a waste of bravery, but at least he humiliated. When he ran out of steam, he reached out and even touched a python. And the audience so happy. The last one, already set to show off his courage, he fought him on his knees. Two and two ears. That was his loot.