Valladolid June (EFE).- The Peruvian Andrés Roca Rey will be measured for the first time against the iron bulls of Victorino Martín on September 8 in Valladolid, within the framework of a fair that will bring together all the great figures of the ranks, including the main winners of the Seville and Madrid fairs.
It is one of the claims of the Fair of La Virgen de San Lorenzo (September 3 and 7-10), a celebration of rejones and four bullfights whose combinations have been presented this Thursday by Alberto García, executive director of Tauroemoción, a company that faces his first season in charge of the Valladolid arena.
high budget
“The budget is very, very high. It has taken us a lot of time and work. It has not been easy to convince Roca Rey and El Juli, but in the end they have seen the illusion and have trusted the project that we bring”, explained to EFE García, who in charge of Tauroemoción also manages places such as Burgos, Huesca, Jaén and Cali, Colombia).
Roca Rey will deal with the Victorians for the first time in its almost nine years as an alternative and El Juli will face them after sixteen years, while Emilio de Justo, who closes the bill on September 8, is a regular with the old albaserrada.
The businessman calculates that in “about three years” Valladolid will once again have a week of bullfights at its fair in September, a cycle that the economic crisis brought to an end more than a decade ago.
It will depend especially on the response of the public during the next fair, “but Valladolid has a special potential for population and fans,” he stressed.
all figures
Of the combinations, a new installment of the duel between Diego Ventura and Guillermo Hermoso de Mendoza, two of the most outstanding rejoneadores of the moment; the “star poster of the season” with the Victorinos and figures; and another with Morante, Aguado and Ortega, “very Sevillian but that fits very well with the taste and idiosyncrasies of Valladolid”, he has analyzed.
Antonio Bañuelos’ cattle ranch will make its debut in the arena of Paseo de Zorrilla, with Daniel Luque in the acting shortlist; Sebastián Castella will appear after his triumphs in San Isidro in the season of his reappearance and Tomás Rufo will return to the place where he received his doctorate in 2021 and will do the paseillo for the fifth time, both in front of Victoriano del Río bulls and together with José Maria Manzanares.
Nod to Mexico and discounts
He especially highlighted the presence of Joselito Adame, “the main figure in Mexico” and who he explained as “a nod” to a country, professionals and fans “who need opportunities like this in Spain”.
“The one in Valladolid must be a fair with an important subscription so that it is the best in Spain in second-category places”, the businessman summarized before recalling that on September 7, within the so-called Youth Bullfight, the children They will be able to enter the square for one euro and young people for ten.
Retirees will sit in the shade if they purchase the season ticket for them with a 40 percent discount, and young people will be able to see the five festivities for 75 euros, also in the shade.
Six celebrations and end of cuts
The Minister of Culture, Gonzalo Santonja, and the Mayor of Valladolid, Jesús Julio Carnero, have attended the presentation of the following posters:
-Saturday, September 2.- Contest of cutters with bulls from Hermanos Cambronell. Final of the I World Championship of Cuts.
-Sunday, September 3.- Corrida de rejones. Bulls from El Capea for Diego Ventura, Guillermo Hermoso de Mendoza and Sergio Pérez.
-Thursday, September 7.- Bulls by Antonio Bañuelos for Miguel Ángel Perera, Daniel Luque and Joselito Adame.
-Friday, September 8.- Victorino Martín bulls for El Juli, Emilio de Justo and Roca Rey.
-Saturday, September 9. Bulls from Núñez del Cuvillo for Morante de la Puebla, Juan Ortega and Pablo Aguado.
-Sunday, September 10th. Victorian bulls of the River for Sebastian Castella, Jose Maria Manzanares and Thomas Rufo. EFE