4-6 year old Bulls from the Granadería Flor de Jara, a bull ranch, north of Madrid Spain.
The bulls weigh in with many over a thousand pounds. Their horns are wrapped in carbon fiber to prevent them from goring each other when they fight one another. The wraps are removed before they fight in the ring.
The land around Granadería de Jara, circa Madrid Spain.
Training Bull Ring for Granadería de Jara, circa Madrid Spain.
Trophy room of Carlos Aragón Cancella.
Testing a 2 year old Bull in the Ring at Granadería de Jara, circa Madrid Spain.
Daniel Aragón, 29 years old son of the Matador Carlos Aragón Cancella. Daniel runs and co owns the bull farm Granadería Flor de Jara. They produce around 40 fighting bulls a year from a herd of 500. Their brand and genetic makeup of the bulls is from a long blood line of cattle from Andalucia started by six brothers and the brand is the 6 and a royal crown.
Ramón Contreras, 26 years old ranch hand and trainer and is a member of the Banderillero de Toros Profesional from Mérida, Venezuela.
Marco Peláez, 16 years old from Tlaxcala, Mexico. Has been working on the ranch in order to trade for lessons on becoming a Matador. If he stays on schedule, continues to work and train in the summers in Spain he may become a professional Torero in about 10 years.
Juan Pablo Ibarro, 16 years old from Tlaxcala, Mexico. Has been working on the ranch in order to trade for lessons on becoming a Matador. If he stays on schedule and continues to work and train in the summers in Spain he may become a proffesional Torero in around 10 years.
The Plaza de Toros Las Ventas, arguably the most famous bull ring in the world. Madrid, Spain.
Las Ventas Bullring, Madrid Spain.
Rejoneador, Diego Ventura, Las Ventas, Madrid 2024
Matador, Cayetano, Las Ventas Madrid, 2024
Matador, Ginés Marín, Las Ventas Madrid, 2024.
Matador, Ginés Marín, Las Ventas Madrid, 2024.
Cuban artist, Richard Somante specialize in paintings and sculptures of bullfighting. Plaza de General Vara De Rey, Madrid Spain.