4 June, 2026
June 7, 2026
May 31, 2026
Exiliado de Garcigrande - 715 kilos !
Madrid
May 29, 2026
So, a couple of days ago in Madrid we saw something that is rarely seen anymore, a bull over 700 kilos!
Typically your novillos are in the 400 kilo range, and normal bulls are in the 500 kilo range. I saw an interview somewhere with some ganadero, I can't remember who, that said ideally he thought the best fighting bulls were in the mid-500 kilo range.
Anyway, "big bulls" will easily get into the 600 kilos but once you start getting into the upper 600's usually the bulls don't move very well and tire out very quickly. Therefore, they are not very good for a bullfight where you want to see a bull have strength and fight throughout the entire performance.
So you almost never see a bull in the 700 kilo area.
However two days ago Madrid saw just that, a bull named Exiliado from the Garcigrande ranch, 715 kilos!
Well, it did not turn out well. Exiliado was first brought out as a substitute for another bull that had to be returned to the corrals for some reason, and quickly was returned himself. From what I read Exiliado was not able to keep on his feet long during the tercio with the picador.
So all we have are a couple of photos from the Las Ventas website, and I'm guessing we probably won't see a bull this big again for years if ever.
May 24, 2026
A quick update
I haven't been posting a whole lot, I have been super busy with yard work and such. (Yard work is never ending it seems.)
I have been playing Toroslam however, and as you can see in the below post I am doing very well. I shouldn't get cocky, I can drop back down as fast as I went up.
Also, feel free to use the photo of Jose Maria Manzanares I posted the other day as your telephone wallpaper. That is my current Iphone wallpaper and I'm loving it.
I've searched for a long time to get the perfect photo of either a bull or a bullfighter to use as my wallpaper, I could never get what I thought was the perfect photo. But that one of Jose Mari has been the one, it looks great.
What do you think?
Toroslam update ..... I'm killing it!
So, a quick Toroslam update, I've had an incredible run of luck that for a 24 hour period had me at #194 !
I should have taken a screenshot, but once I got around to it the noon time bullfight in Nimes France today had already taken place (and I didn't have any of the bullfighters performing on my cartel) so I had dropped down to position #200.
That I got a screenshot of as you can see below. After all was said and done today I am currently sitting at position #229.
Still though, that is better than I ever thought I would do, keep in mind I have never played any fantasy sports games before. I am a novillero I guess you could say.
Anyway, after my last post about three weeks ago when I was in the mid-600's, I kind of figured a strategy out that has been paying off.
Basically you get points and move up the ranks when bullfighters on your cartel cut ears. So, I figured out that most of the ears that get cut are not in Madrid, they are in other bullrings. So, if I have a choice, if bullfights are being held in other places other than Madrid I am going to wager on those bullfights.
Also, if there is a novillada going on, I am going to participate in that one more likely since it seems like they like to award ears to novilleros more often.
And finally, if you get a chance to wager on rejoneo take that as well, the horseback bullfights pay off better too.
So over the past several days I have had a lot to choose from that fits my strategy.
Nimes has their feria going on, and they like to hold two bullfights a day sometimes so that gives me lots of choice.
Cordoba has had a feria going on as well which has been nice.
Madrid had rejoneo the other day and I again went with Andy Cartagena which paid off for me again after I scored big with him in Sevilla.
So, to explain a little bit about the below screenshots you'll see my position or puesto at 200.
In the upper left hand corner you'll see how many Euros are in my bank, that number will skyrocket however after I sell Victor, Marco Perez, Andy Cartagena, and the El Freixo bull ranch.
Their value you can see in the second screenshot, all of them are in the green meaning that is how much extra money I will make over their original value once I sell them.
You have to hang on to them for 48 hours, and all of them participated in yesterday's bullfights. So I was kind of stuck today, I had to take the day off since it was too soon to sell them. I can sell them later tonight and then once I do I will look at tomorrow and Tuesday's bullfights and see who I want to take.
There are about 1,700 players on Toroslam, so for me to crack into the 100's is insane. Do I dare dream about getting into the top 100?
I think I can do it. You have to stay on top of it, so it is a little time consuming. Maybe not all of the players are as into it as I am so maybe that is helping me some.
Still though, it takes effort and that is what I am putting into it.
After this season will I keep up with it? I don't know, we will see. How much energy do I have? I am an old guy so not much.
May 18, 2026
May 12, 2026
Cronica - Feria de San Isidro 2026
May 8 - Alejandro Talavante - 2 ears 4th bull
May 9
May 10 - Román - 1 ear 5th bull
May 12 - Álvaro Serrano - 1 ear 3rd bull / 1 ear 6th bull
"Rompecapa" de La Quinta
Good looking bull from the La Quinta ranch. Sadly, none of the La Quinta bulls showed much class this day and the sold out crowd at Las Ventas were not happy.
Madrid
May 9, 2026
May 8, 2026
Toroslam update
I am currently ranked 655 out of around 1300 players I think. The best I ranked was in the mid-500's after Andy Cartagena got his Puerta del Principe last month in Sevilla. (He was on my cartel.)
After that I steadily slid back into the 600's. I guess I am not that good at picking good bullfighters, I go more with a gut feeling than actually looking at the stats.
That is probably why I am horrible at gambling, I hardly ever win. Good example, I had picked Great White to win the Kentucky Derby last week and with my luck the horse had to be scratched while he was waiting to load into the gates. For some reason her reared up and fell over.
Good thing my pick was just for fun, not any real money riding it.
Anyway, the Toroslam fun will continue.
I give thanks everyday
I give thanks everyday I get to occasionally watch bullfights from the comfort of my own home here in the US.
This would have never even entered my mind when I was a kid reading "Death in the Afternoon", and now here it is a reality, at least while OneToro is still an option.
And I pray everyday OneToro never goes away.
April 30, 2026
Un toro de Miura en Sevilla
April 26, 2026
It doesn't get any better than that, saying "Un toro de Miura en Sevilla."
They just go hand in hand.
Some links to Mundotoro from this year's Feria that I want to save
https://www.mundotoro.com/noticia/tag/feria-de-abril-2026
-All the Mundotoro news stories from this year's Feria de Abril can be found at the above link, all 200+ news stories!
- 124 photos by Aritz Arambarri from April 26, last day of the Feria. Aritz Arambarri is a new photographer that is putting up some amazing bullfight photos. I saw him first on Instagram then noticed Mundotoro was partnering with him on their site. A lot of his photos are the "artsy" photos that sometimes I don't like, you know the ones, where they use a certain filter that makes the photo look different than if you were there in real life. Too much shadow, too bright of light, things like that. But I usually just skip those and get to the ones I like which he has many.
- 106 photos by Artiz Arambarri from April 25.
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
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
April 21 - Alejando Talavante - 1 ear 2nd bull * Daniel Luque - 1 ear 3rd bull
April 22 - David de Miranda - 2 ears 3rd bull / 1 ear 6th bull
April 23 - Roca Rey - 2 ears 5th bull
April 24 - Daniel Luque - 1 ear 4th bull
April 25
April 26 - Manuel Escribano - 1 ear 4th 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.
April 12, 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!
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