On 16AUG15 I saw Sebastian Castella, who is from Beziers France, fight six bulls in Puerto de Santa Maria. This guy started his bullfighting in 1998 and has fought in 798 bullfights (at least 1596 bulls.) I cannot remember how many ears he earned but had a mediocre night in total. I think the judge, who was a guy and not the usual Puerto lady, gave him credit for fighting all of the bulls. Some interesting highlights was Castella’s cuadrilla. He had one banderillo pull a muscle and nearly not make it past the Barrera while running form the bull. He had another banderillo trip, but the other members of the cuadrilla distracted the bull preventing disaster. I also have a photo of one banderillo sticking while the other bounces off the bull. The veronica and muleta work was mostly mediocre. He did have one bull that was entranced by the muleta, and you can see a photo of him between the muleta and the bull. He did have six passes with the veronica in which his feet did not move. He had one bull in which his kill was so clean that bull literally fell instantly. This was the first corrida de toros I have seen in which one bullfighter fights all the bulls. It was fun to see a consistent fighter face the vagaries of different bull’s personalities. It was also possible to see each part of the fight done really well as he had so many chances over the night. He did have one bull in which nearly everything pulled together and he got two ears on one bull. Unfortunately this fight closes the temporada in Puerto de Santa Maria. I have one fight in San Lucar and maybe a fight in Ronda left for this year.
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