Four ears harvested from Tempéras d’Alès for the afternoon of cultivation

L’engagement du premier toro d’Isaac Fonseca a été récompensé par une vuelta posthume. Midi Libre – ALEXIS BETHUNE

L’hommage à Maurice André ce samedi 11 mai a vu les maestros récompensés. Le torero mexicain Isaac Fonseca en triomphe.

Arènes d’Alès : first bullfight of the feria de l’Ascension.
Weather: totally clear sky.
Duration : 2 h 35.
Entrance: arenas almost full.
Cattle: toros from the breeding farms of the priest of Valverde, Pagès-Mailhan and Tardieu brothers.
Vuelta: the third toro, from the Pagès-Mailhan ganaderia, was honored with a posthumous vuelta.
El Rafi (autumn sky over Fort Vauban and gold): an ear and greetings.
Carlos Olsina(Sarah Bernhardt peony and gold): advice with an ear and advice with greetings.
Isaac Fonseca (Magellan fuschsia and gold): two ears and an opinion with silence.

In the artistic system created by Annie Saurel and with the two interventions of trumpeter Stéphane Damour, Alès, this Saturday, wanted to pay tribute to Maurice André, a virtuoso Cévennes musician who has had an international career of the highest level .

On the track for fights not quite like the others, three maestros and the bulls from three French breeders. If the afternoon did not have an exemplary regularity, the major moment crystallized on the first copy of Pagès – Mailhan went out on the track, offering aficionados a tercio of piques of great intensity, punctuated by the music.

Subsequently, this opponent opposed to the Mexican bullfighter Isaac Fonseca displayed great generosity, even if his behavior in the folds of the muleta gave rise to some more nuanced feelings. But the ardor displayed by the maestro in the face of this serious toro must be underlined without reservation.

In his race, the toro managed to unhorse a picador. Midi Free – ALEXIS BETHUNE

Carried several meters, a banderillero left the arena with a broken knee. Midi Free – ALEXIS BETHUNE

Less spectacular are the residents of other breeding farms. Very old (well over 5 years old), the representatives of Curé de Valverde hardly allowed the bullfighters to express their domination. For El Rafi, several good series to stand out against a Tardieu conducted with gentleness, and for Carlos Olsina, well-adjusted gestures and decision, characteristics unfortunately poorly rewarded with steel.

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