June 11, 2025

The year of Morante


Talk about the year of Morante. 

After cutting two ears off a bull in Sevilla on May 1st, then cutting a tail off a bull in Jerez, now Morante brought the house down in Madrid on the last day of San Isidro by cutting an ear off each of his bulls and being carried out la Puerta Grande for the first time in his career in Madrid. 

He even came out of his hotel room later, wearing nothing more than a bathrobe, and toasted the crowd that had assembled and drank champagne all while standing on his balcony.

There are a lot of videos out there and eventually I will post links, but here is one for now.

https://www.mundotoro.com/noticia/morante-en-la-espana-que-sigue-siendo/1863813

June 2, 2025

Morante saves the day in Madrid


May 28, 2025, after one of Morante's banderilleros had placed a pair of banderillos in this Garcigrande bull, the bull gave chase. As the bull was closing the distance Morante had to step in and distract the bull, even though he was taking a drink of water out of his silver cup. 

Without spilling a drop, or so the TV announcers said, Morante distracted the bull and saved the day.