Youth and ambition on the bill for the first bullfight of the Saint-Gilles feria (30)

Le matador nîmois Solal citant un toro aux banderilles. Midi Libre – MiKAEL ANISSET

Pour la première des deux corridas de la feria de Saint-Gilles, trois jeunes maestros au cartel.

Organised this summer over two weekends, the Saint-Gilles Feria will, starting this Saturday, August 24, launch the programme dedicated to Spanish bullfighting. For this first paseo, a special place is reserved for young people with, to fight the batch of bulls belonging to the French breeding of Blohorn, located in the commune of Arles, three maestros under 25 years old and whose demonstrations on the ground of the French arenas, confirm the commitment and ambitions.

Two bullfighters from Nîmes on the bill

To allow aficionados to measure and appreciate the value of the representatives of national bullfighting, the Toro Pasión company, responsible for the Saint-Gilles arenas, has chosen to reserve two places in the paseo for bullfighters who have grown up under the skies of Nîmes. Head of lidia of this bullfight, El Rafi, for his third alternative season, has shown once again this season the level of his commitment. Like this day in May, in his city, where his ardor and his decision left images of absolute merit and total responsibility. Alongside him, the other Nîmes player on the bill, Solal. Less than a year after the ceremony of his “consecration”, and after a bullfight at the Pentecost feria where, better than the number of trophies awarded, his concentration, his sense of proportion and his authority generously illustrated his level, he will have, this weekend, the opportunity to show off his style and the proposals of a delicate bullfight.

Christian Parejo returns to the Saint-Gilles ring

Surrounded by the two French matadors, Christian Parejo will return to the Saint-Gilles ring two summers after a triumphant outing during his career with the novilleros. In front of Blohorn's cattle, of Domecq origin, from which one can expect nobility and mobility, the Andalusian has the mission of confirming the sincerity and seriousness demonstrated very recently in Béziers, his adopted city. And position himself in a good place for the 2025 meetings.

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