Morante does it again

Well, Morante has done it again, he brought the house down in Sevilla.

It is a good thing Morante came out of his very short retirement, otherwise we would not have been able to witness an insane performance and the crowd at a sold out Maestranza on the 16th of April going crazy. The shouts of Ole! were non-stop.

First off, if you are not a subscriber to OneToro, you really need to be. At least pay for one month just so you can watch this performance, and at the same time you might as well go into the archive and watch his tail-cutting performances in Sevilla and Jerez from a couple of years ago.

Also, I am sure the executives at OneToro are incredibly happy they were able to make the deal to broadcast some of the days from this year's feria. It was kind of a late agreement I believe, they only announced they would be broadcasting several of the days just about a month ago. But they must be dancing in their offices thanks to getting this one on their platform.

Even though Morante did not cut any ears from his second Alvaro Nunez bull, his entire performance from start to finish was something out the history books. The crowd went especially crazy when he placed his own banderillas, the third pair while sitting on a folding chair handed down to him but someone in the upper rows of the plaza. 

He even gave two vueltas al ruedo when the fight was over, not just one but two. 

And at the end of the night as the crowd carried him out of the plaza, there was almost a riot as his fans wanted to carry him out of the Puerta del Principe but the police would not allow it since he did not cut any ears. His fans didn't care but there was a lot of yelling and some shoving back and forth.

Here are a couple of Mundotoro links from that day;

-Sevilla, llena hasta la bandera en una tarde para la historia- https://www.mundotoro.com/noticia/el-cartelazo-del-jueves-de-preferia-en-imagenes/1929049

-Morante recoge toda la historia del toreo en una faena antológica en Sevilla (Así te hemos contado la tarde en vivo)- https://www.mundotoro.com/noticia/morante-ortega-y-victor-hernandez-en-la-quinta-de-la-feria-de-abril-directo-sevilla/1929015

Cronica - Feria de Abril 2026

April 5 - (Domingo de Resurreccion) - Morante de la Puebla - two ears 4th bull * Roca Rey - 1 ear 5th bull * David de Miranda - 1 ear 6th bull

April 11 - Lama de Gongora - 1 ear 2nd bull

April 12 - Rafael Serna - 1 ear 5th bull

April 14 - Julio Norte - 1 ear 3rd bull / 1 ear 6th bull * Tomas Bastos - 1 ear 5th bull

Toroslam - fantasy bullfight league

I have never jumped on the "fantasy sports" bandwagon. I have stayed away from it on purpose, I didn't want to invest the time or energy.

However, while watching a bullfight a couple of weeks ago on OneToro, they advertised their new fantasy bullfight app, Toroslam.

I thought what the hell, I will give it a try.

It took me awhile to figure things out, and I was getting pretty frustrated in the beginning. Keep in mind I have never played fantasy football or anything like it, even with the guys at work always taking about their picks and results.

But I think I have it figured out now and it is actually a lot of fun. It is free to play, you start out with 100,000 Euros and you can pick your bullfighters. You can pick one bull ranch too. Of course you can sell them for a profit if you pick right and then turn around and buy another bullfighter at a higher price. Or buy a few more bullfighters at a lower price and hope they do well and watch their value rise.

Right now Daniel Luque has the highest asking price, 166,900 euros, even higher than Morante who is only at 82,200 euros right now.

I have David Galvan, Rafael Serna, and Emiliano Osornio at the moment. David Galvan performs tomorrow in Sevilla so I am hoping he does well. I am probably going to sell Rafael Serna for a hefty profit soon and go shopping in the market again. 

For my bull ranch I got Victorino Martin at what I thought was a really low price. I had Montalvo last week but then sold them today and bought "los Victorinos". 

My ranking isn't great so there are some guys out there that really know what they are doing, I'm just having fun I guess.

Last week I was ranked around 1350, but then moved up into the 800's this week. But now I am slipping and I'm in the the 900's. I am hoping for a good day tomorrow in Sevilla which should help my ranking some. 

Cartel de Aguascalientes - 2026

 

Cartel de Madrid - 2026 - San Isidro

 

Cartel de Sevilla - 2026

 

Toros de Alcurrucén en los corrales del Real Venta de Antequera

(from the Lances de Futuro Facebook page)

Hoy comienza la EXHIBICIÓN DE TOROS A LIDIAR EN LA PLAZA DE TOROS DE SEVILLA en este emblemático enclave del barrio de Bellavista casi 40 años después.

A partir de las 12.00 h, aficionados y visitantes podrán ver los toros de Alcurrucén de la corrida del próximo sábado en La Maestranza. También está previsto que esté la corrida de Fuente Ymbro, que será lidiada la tarde del domingo 12 de abril; y la novillada de Talavante, que se lidiará el martes 14 de abril.

¡Os esperamos!