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500 euros for the hit with the very best transmission. This is the way it reads within the guidelines of the awards, one of many awards that the Madrid bullfighting membership El Puyazo has been giving for eight years to the picador who, through the San Isidro Fair, is ready to carry the general public from their seats within the luck of rods.

On this event, the cash already seems in Agustín Romero’s checking account for his efficiency towards the sixth bull of the El Torero ranch within the bullfight held on June 2 in Las Ventas.

The picador has not been in a position to acquire the examine personally as a result of he’s combating in America, underneath the orders of Sebastián Castella, the identical one who fought that bull that was the protagonist within the prize-winning luck.

The 21 members of the membership and a big group of followers of the tercio de varas met final Saturday in a restaurant to additionally current two different awards associated to the title of the affiliation: the award for the most effective luck in varas, which went to Alberto Sandoval, for his efficiency towards the sixth bull of Fuente Ymbro on May 21, and the award to the livestock that had the most effective efficiency in rods, Victorino Martín, for the bullfight held on June 4 by which hand by hand Paco Ureña and Emilio de Justo.

The president of the membership, Juan Montoro, explains that the most effective puyazo is the one that’s executed in accordance with the canons, when the bull approaches the horse in entrance of it and the picador nails the puyazo in the appropriate place; The punch with transmission, for its half, is the one that’s able to lifting the viewers from their seats because of the spectacular nature of luck, “when the encounter between bull and horse radiates joy and emotion,” he feedback.

El Puyazo was born in 1949, it has been presenting the awards for 60 years, but it surely has solely been 8 years for the reason that emotion has been rewarded with a money examine, and it’s executed because of the non-public generosity of a associate, José María Moreno Bermejo, veteran fan, bibliophile and bullfighting author, who goals to inspire the picadors in order that the primary third doesn’t lose its true id.

“The luck of varas is suffering a tremendous decline,” says Montoro, “because today’s bull does not help, and the bullfighters and picadors do not take care of it and turn it into a pure procedure.” “How many bullfights have been lent this year in Madrid for a third of interest?” he asks. “Very few and that is regrettable,” he concludes.