Feria d’Arles: Juan Leal opens the big door against La Quinta

Juan Leal cut off two ears of the opening toro and opened the big gate during the closing bullfight. Midi Libre – Stéphan Guin

Juan Leal cut off two ears of the opening toro and opened the big gate during the closing bullfight. Midi Libre – Stéphan Guin

Juan Leal cut off two ears of the opening toro and opened the big gate during the closing bullfight. Midi Libre – Stéphan Guin

Gines Marin produced some classy series but did not obtain a trophy. Midi Libre – Stéphan Guin

Gines Marin produced some classy series but did not obtain a trophy. Midi Libre – Stéphan Guin

Gines Marin produced some classy series but did not obtain a trophy. Midi Libre – Stéphan Guin

Clemente confirmed the hopes placed in him with an ear of weight dropped against the last toro. Midi Libre – Stéphan Guin

Clemente confirmed the hopes placed in him with an ear of weight dropped against the last toro. Midi Libre – Stéphan Guin

Clemente a confirmé les espoirs placés en lui avec une oreille de poids décroché face au dernier toro. Midi Libre – Stéphan Guin

La corrida de clôture de la Feria de Pâques d’Arles a proposé, ce lundi, un cartel composé de Juan Leal, Gines Marin et Clemente face aux toros de La Quinta.
The Arlesian cut off two ears from his first toro and Clemente also obtained a weighty trophy to leave a great impression.

La Quinta organized a bullfight in Arles which offered good opportunities to the three bullfighters with bulls with varied behaviors. Torist aficionados will just regret the limited bravery of the cattle on horseback with the exception of the last toro awarded a vuelta.

Juan Leal made sure to open the big door from the opening toro. A resident of La Quinta that the Arlesian preserved in spades and who showed a good motor and a tasty rhythm in his charges even if he failed to lower more frankly the head.

After a homemade faena start with two cambiada passes, Juan Leal seduced by reciting a deep toreo very slowly. By hooking the brave far in front with his muleta to lead him very far with his muleta. With equal ease on both hands. A recital of good toreo concluded with a whole sword falling on its side. At the request of the public, the presidency granted him two ears.

His second La Quinta with its harmonious size willingly pushed the cavalry. Faced with a toro who systematically defended himself in the muleta in the middle of the pass, Juan Leal began his last faena on his knees in the center of the track. He spared no effort in the ambition to increase his harvest, but the faena never took flight because the violent charge of the brave did not allow the series to be linked. Especially since the conclusion with the sword was difficult.

The class of Gines Marin who invents a toro

Gines Marin was overflowing with motivation for his return to France after a blank spell in our arenas in 2023. The Badajoz maestro has an innate sense of temple and some good toreo with cape and muleta. He managed to draw four beautiful right-handed series in his first, making us forget the lack of strength of the toro. A somewhat flat sword deprived him of a trophy.

Gines Marin then invented a second toro without race during the entire first part of the fight. With his technique, his patience and his gentleness, he brought back the caste background of La Quinta to create four magnificent series of natural. Failures with steel made him leave Arles without accessit.

The rising French bullfighter, Clemente, justified his rank in Arles after his triumph last year against Victorino Martin. A good time is coming in 2024 and he will be at the Zaragoza cartel in April. His classic bullfighting pleases with the beginnings of faena from below in genuflection. The quality of faena's second game against the 3rd La Quinta would have justified a reward but Clemente was clumsy at the conclusion.

Bronca for the refusal of the second ear

But the best was yet to come with the last toro, high, heavy and out of the type, which proved to be the most embedded and with the most depth and transmission of the bullfight. After having received three pikes in bravery and unhorsed the rider, the toro maintained a generous engine and attacked with force the firm muleta of Clemente. The Frenchman multiplied the series of impacts on both banks, leaving the appropriate distance for La Quinta to express his beautiful gallop and his bravery.

The two ears were promised to him at the end of a faena full of intensity but the sword was poorly positioned. The palco logically decided to sanction the conclusion and endured loud whistles from the public who would have liked to see him accompany Juan Leal through the front door.

The bullfight file

Arènes d’Arles.

2/3 input.

Toros de La Quinta.

Vuelta at the 6th toro.

Juan Leal : two ears and silence after advice.

Gines Marin : greeting after one notice and silence after two notices.

Clemente : greeting after notice and ear with strong petition of the second.