Andy Martin wins the Nîmes Métropole bolsín in Saint-Gilles

Une naturelle de Léo Pallatier. M. L. – Mikael Anisset

Une naturelle de Léo Pallatier. – Mikael Anisset

Une naturelle de Léo Pallatier. – Mikael Anisset

This Sunday, the final of the Nîmes Métropole bolsín crowned Andy Martin, a young bullfighter from the Aficionados prácticos association.

Saint-Gilles Arena: novillada without picadors.

Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes.

Livestock:: boarders from the La Paluna and Taurelle farms and son.

Weather: clear sky with wind.

Valentin (Arizona spinach and gold): one notice with silence and one notice with vuelta.

Andy Martin (Galapagos albatross and silver): one notice with greetings and an ear.

Leo Pallatier(morning sky over the Rhone and gold): silence with injury and vuelta.

After Christian Parejo, winner the day before of the Chaquetilla d’or, it was Andy Martin, of the Aficionados prácticos, this Sunday, who won the final of the bolsín de Nîmes Métropole where cattle belonging half to the breeding farms of La Paluna and Bernard Taurelle et fils were fought. Bothered by a wind that strengthened as the afternoon progressed, the three young aspiring bullfighters selected for this final 2024 event were nevertheless able to show a glimpse of their personality. With opponents from both breedings displaying nobility and above all incessant mobility, Valentin, from the French Bullfighting Center, expressed a certain maturity, commitment, and real know-how in the construction of series of muleta.

For Léo Pallatier, injured in the left hand at the very end of the first fight, his calm despite the gusts of wind is to be underlined, despite, it is true, faenas with little transmission. With Andy Martin finally rewarded with the only ear of the day, the public was able to detach intelligence from taking advantage of the characteristics of his opponents, his style with interesting promises and a sense of rhythm, mainly against his first opponent.