rejoneador

The rejoneador is a very different kind of torero.

There is no such thing as a bullfight 2004

The rejoneador is a very different kind of torero.

There is no such thing as a bullfight 2004

The intense duet continues as the rejoneador places the special long banderilleras in a breathtaking display of horsemanship.

There is no such thing as a bullfight 2004

Cagancho prances sideways across the ring under the masterful hand of the rejoneador, each mincing step precise and sure, while Impulsivo again stands guard over the patch of sand that he has marked out as his own.

There is no such thing as a bullfight 2004

Two bulls are sorted for each of the matadores, and two for the rejoneador.

There is no such thing as a bullfight 2004

But that would be false, for it is the rejoneador that is the implacable force, that has decreed the time, the place, and the manner of death for the animal.

There is no such thing as a bullfight 2004

For the rejoneador, the bull and the horse are moving when the spear is placed.

There is no such thing as a bullfight 2004

Because this is to be a corrida mixta, a mixed card, they are followed by the single somberly-clad rejoneador, in grey whipcord, rigidly erect and astride a splendidly-prancing white horse.

There is no such thing as a bullfight 2004

Easy to say that it is the horse that is most in danger and that, as opposed to the matador on foot, the rejoneador has interposed the horse between himself and the terror.

There is no such thing as a bullfight 2004

The order of events is the same, and the only differences are that all is exquisitely performed on horseback, the rejoneador does not use the picadors, no capes are used, the banderilleras are longer and placed by the torero from horseback, and the estoque is replaced by a killing spear.

There is no such thing as a bullfight 2004