Ever since I was a kid growing up in Ogden Utah back in the early 80's, I've been fascinated by the Spanish bullfight. I even searched out books on bullfighting at the Weber County library, where I found and read "Death in the Afternoon" by Ernest Hemingway. I'm probably the only kid in Utah to have ever read that book. Now here we are 40 years later and I still enjoy learning about and keeping up with the bullfights.

April 20, 2026

Antonio Palla



PROPIETARIO

D. Antonio Palla Vicente


REPRESENTANTE

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SEÑAL

Hendido en oreja derecha


FINCAS

'Gusende Moscosa', Villaseco de los Reyes (Salamanca)


PROCEDENCIA

Jandilla


ANTIGÜEDAD

12/07/2009


ANTECEDENTES

Ingresa en la Asociación de Ganaderías de Lidia en 1993, Ingresa en la Asociación de Ganaderías de Lidia en 1993, después de mantener encastes diversos eliminó lo ante rior y se quedó con un único encaste Domecq, comprando vacas y sementales de la ganadería Jandilla.


ENCASTE

La ganadería de Antonio Palla Vicente desciende de manera directa de la de Jandilla, divisa formada La ganadería de Antonio Palla Vicente desciende de manera directa de la de Jandilla, divisa formada por los hermanos Domecq Solís (Fernando y Borja) con la simiente que heredaron de su padre Don Juan Pedro Domecq y Diez. por los hermanos Domecq Solís (Fernando y Borja) con la simiente que heredaron de su padre Don Juan Pedro Domecq y Diez.

Son reses por tanto de la rama parladeña del encaste Vistahermosa, vía el Marqués de Tamaron y Conde de la Corte, Son reses por tanto de la rama parladeña del encaste Vistahermosa, vía el Marqués de Tamaron y Conde de la Corte, con algun retazo de la sangre veragüeña con la que contada la ganadería cuando fue adquirida por Juan Pedro Domeca y Núñez de Villavicencio, además del infl ujo que aportó posteriomente el semental Lancero de Núñez.

Antonio Palla inicia su aventura como ganadero en 1993, fecha de su ingreso en la Asociación Nacional de Ganaderías de Lidia, aunque es en el año 2000 cuando se hace con las reses de su actual estirpe, en especial el semental “Pasajero”, que fi jó el carácter y el fenotipo de esta casa. Se trata de animales bajos, cortos de manos, no despegados del suelo, cuyos pelajes van desde el negro al colorado y castaño en todas sus tonalidades, además de algún berrendo en negro o en colorado, que sale de vez en cuando como consecuencia de la herencia genética recesiva que proviene de cruces antiguos, o la reaparición de genes ancestrales en la línea de sangre.

Son ejemplares de mediana viga y medida romana, bien armados sin resultar aparatosos. La calidad y la clase son la base de sus productos y las cualidades por las que esencialmente es conocida esta casa ganadera, que suele lidiar sus productos en novilladas de primer orden y festivales de tronío. ai1741351083109_Faldon Publicida

Pepe Moral en Sevilla


 April 11, 2026

Un toro impresionante de Alcurrucén






















Numero 151 - Tonadillo - 512 kilos

Capa: Berrendo Colorado

Lidiado en Sevilla por Pepe Moral el 11 de Abril, 2026

April 19, 2026

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






April 14, 2026

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

April 15 - Miguel Angel Perrera - 1 ear 1st bull * David Galvan - 1 ear 2nd bull * Aaron Palacios - 1 ear 6th bull

April 16 - Víctor Hernández - 1 ear 3rd bull * Morante de la Puebla - dos vueltas al ruedo 4th bull

April 17 - Roca Rey - 1 ear 5th bull

April 18

April 19 - Andy Cartagena - 1 ear 1st bull / 2 ears 4th bull * Lea Vicens - 1 ear 2nd bull * Guillermo Hermoso - 1 ear 3rd bull

April 20 - Morante de la Puebla - 1 ear 1st bull * Borja Jiménez - 1 ear 2nd bull / 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