La Maestranza had a truly exciting afternoon thanks to some bulls from El Parralejo, well presented, three of them brave on their horses, and with a wealth of class on the muleta; and thanks to a bullfighter, David de Miranda, in a state of grace and loved in this square, who offered a very complete afternoon, based on stillness, temper, connection and good taste.
He cut off three ears and deservedly went out on his shoulders through the Puerta del Príncipe, just as he did at the Sevillian fair last year and with bulls from the same farm.
An exceptional bull, named Secretary, with black hair and 562 kilos in weight. The bullfighter received him with a glimpse of speedwells and a handful of tight-fitting aprons. The animal knocked the horse down with a crash, crashed it with genius against the boards in the first inning and pushed with vigor in the second. He fulfilled the third of banderillas, and arrived at the muleta with truly amazing quality, fixity, promptness and class.
De Miranda had a very bullfighting start, with a knee on the ground, first, and a trench blow and a long muletazo that were the prelude to an artistic and vibrant understanding between bull and bullfighter. He approached the task with great truth, without ever losing face, with short sequences in all the rounds, but full of depth and feeling. There were naturals with their crutch dragged through the albero, overflowing with beauty, and another, later, supernatural, a prodigy of temperance. The plaza vibrated as in unforgettable afternoons, aware that a unique moment was being experienced, authentic bullfighting, between a heroic and artistic bullfighter and a brave bull. There were changes of hands, other natural ones with feet together, and a thrust to the hilt that was the best culmination of the joint work. The bull died in the middle, and offered a very beautiful spectacle because it was unusual. The animal deserved the honors of returning to the ring, and De Miranda showed off the two well-deserved ears, although many supporters also requested the tail.
Another trophy was missing to leave through the long-awaited door of glory. The sixth was gentle on the horse, and noble, not lacking in quality in the final third. It took a lot of work for its handler to ensure that the work reached the desired flight. There were long and well-drawn muletazos, but accelerated and with a patina of superficiality. She had started with tight, statuary tights, and ended with a pair of mondeñinas adjusted to her anatomy, which, together with a loose lunge, offered her the dream passport. Without a doubt, today was David de Miranda’s day, very cheered by the public all afternoon.
There were two more brave bulls, the fifth, Emilio de Justo’s second, which faded very quickly and displayed an insipid behavior; and the first, a well-equipped bull, very demanding and with the roughness typical of his condition. Urdiales tried, but he could not control the momentum of his opponent, who commanded a lot of respect and overwhelmed the bullfighter. Urdiales achieved, however, some bursts of his high conception of bullfighting, but it was not enough to be on par with Chismoso, who sold his life very dearly.
The fourth was more temperate and kind, gentle in the piquero, and very noble in the crutch. There were more artistic touches than in the previous one, the music played, but there was no passion, nor did the bullfighter break with the bull.
And another tame was the third, first from De Justo, with which De Miranda dazzled with a tight take off by gaoneras, and Antonio Chacón was forced to salute after an extraordinary first pair of banderillas. However, the animal lasted much less than desired. He repeated it in the first two rounds, well drawn by the right-hander with his right hand, and it went off. In the end, the worst lot went to the bullfighter from Extremadura, and the best, to the Huelva native David de Miranda, who looks at the horizon of his season with well-founded hope.
El Parralejo / Urdiales, De Justo, De Miranda
Bulls of The Parralejo, well presented, very interesting as a whole; brave on the horses first, third – awarded with the return to the ring – and fifth; The first was very well-matched, and the third, fourth and sixth were very quality and noble.
Diego Urdiales: lunge that stands guard (peeks out from the side) -warning- and 11 crazy things (silence); counter lunge -warning- (ovation).
Emilio de Justo: very rear lunge (ovation); low lunge (silence).
David de Miranda: great lunge (two ears); detached lunge (ear). He left on his shoulders through the Prince’s Gate.
Subaltern Fernando Pereira was run over by the third bull when he got off his horse and suffered a minor blow.
La Maestranza Square. April 22. Twelfth April Fair subscription celebration. Full of ‘No tickets’.