Continuity in change.
History is centenary of bullfighting in the city of Born. And Parentis had the good and excellent idea of remaining an arena of novilladas rather than giving in like some of its neighbors to the bullfighting madness, often disproportionate in towns which would have a particular and multiple interest in not seeing too big. The promotion of the novillada, Parentis has always assumed. With choices that were once disputed regarding the bullfighting genetics of the place. The former organizers, a voluntary association that has worked for more than fifteen years, was thanked in the fall of 2019 by the municipality, which took over the organization of the shows via its bullfighting committee. A right. And it is so ! Even if the previous leaders were not unworthy in the radical philosophy that was theirs. But who has been criticized for having locked himself too much in a personal version of bullfighting. Which did not give satisfaction in terms of spectacular spectacle. An excluding fundamentalist fundamentalism. The new orientation goes in the direction of history, medio toro and novilleros who, unlike their previous co-religionists, have undeniable credentials. This is how. Also. The truth. For too long the Born arena has invited aspirants who did not have the means to face the lots of bulls selected by the organizing aficionados. A choice often leading to a disproportionate gap between the men on foot, teenagers of the toreo, and the important toros-novillos who then went out on the track. Parentis with three shows also takes over the rank of main city of novillo in the bullfighting hexagon.
A tasty menu.
Two breedings of good reference for the Born on the occasion of this feria of renewal. The Camargue cornus of Pagès-Mailhan first of all. Ganaderia probante founded at the gates of Arles a little over twenty years ago with a mixture of Santa Coloma and Parladé. And Sunday Valdefresno, nuggets by Lisardo Sanchez and Atanasio Fernandez of the Fraile family from Salamanca. Parentis hits there at the top of the basket in terms of ganado. A pledge. The novilleros. jose rojo opens the ball this Saturday evening. With more questions than certainties. The novillero of Trujillo lives an inconvenient season, he saw it in particular in Vic or Céret and injury in Madrid. Rojo is not a partridge of the year, Parentis may or may not allow him to revive. The Nimes Solal Calmet Solalito he’s in the thick of it. As Christian Parejo inconsistent but steadily improving. This has been observed in particular in Mont-de-Marsan. Sunday, Jose Fernando Molina is on the tiap menu. The twenty-year-old novillero from Albacete passed through Dax and St Sever last year. Four bullfights this season including a big success in mid-June in Madrid. Yon Lamothe is he in search of his lost sword. The landais who tore with a lot of class unfortunately loses the trophies by failing thrusts. As was unfortunately still the case in Hagetmau. Finally, Jorge Martinez, pupil of the bullfighting school of Almeria but native of Murcia. Sixteen novilladas in 2021. Failure this temporada at Mugron with steel after two good faenas but noticed passages Seville, Madrid and Istres. Parentis is waiting. The die is cast.
This Saturday evening 6 p.m. toros de Pagès-Mailhan for Jose Rojo, Solalito and Christian Parejo. Sunday, Valdefresno for the novillos with Jose Fernando Molina, Yon Lamothe and Jorge Martinez.