'The evolution of the different castings of the fighting bull in the XNUMXst century' was the theme chosen by the Peña Los de José y Juan for this season's conference cycle, in an act presented by the journalist Victoria Collantes. Fernando Lozano, a rancher from Alcurrucén and representative of the Núñez encaste; Álvaro Martínez Conradi, a rancher from La Quinta, from Santa Coloma; and Marcos Pérez, rancher of Domingo Hernández, from the Domecq encaste. “The characteristic of the Núñez cattle ranch is that durability in the last thirds and that extra peace of mind; You are a cold starting bull, but that does not mean that you are not brave, because bravery really is the one that goes the most, because what of a bullying bull that later collapses and goes to the tables? That's not bravery." This is how he described, in general terms, Fernando Lozano to the cast he was a part of, subsequently ruling that "the Núñez bull is for good bullfighters". «Here it is not a matter of fighting with the bull, because if you are going to fight with the bull they are tired of losing, it is about understanding with the bull, of coupling, of knowing how to deal with it, because the bull does not adapt due to the bullfighter, if not the bullfighter adapts to the bull to know how to get the virtues it has ". Martínez Conradi, breeder of one of the most coveted stud farms today, explained that the evolution of stud farms is mainly motivated by the tastes of the fans, and differentiated that plus the casting, an obvious basis, what makes the stud farms evolve are the ranchers, in response to the public demand: "The herds and the encastes come up or down depending on the selection of a certain rancher or the people who can adapt to the moments". He also explained that in reality there is a tendency to unify the morphology of the bull, assuring that “the evolution of the new herd is based on the obsession with the differences in size and in the shapes and phenotype with other herds. In the 60s, a bull would come out and you would know which farm it was from without looking at the iron, because they were differentiated by a stamp of the casting. Today, in general, he is falling for a unique bull with certain characteristics and certain kilos; and we want to look for something different”. He also spoke about the tablet, considered one of the great evils by the majority of ranchers because it homogenizes the ranches, removing the type of animal from matings that have never been like this, "the bull has to have cloth, and our bull I think has it Because it transmits fear, seriousness and importance; and that's tricky, not putting 550 kilos on a tablet and coming out with a plump bull, because it's counterproductive for our bull. We try to get the bull out of type to enter the fairs and we begin to load the casing", since not all bulls can bear having the same boxes, and, based on the fact that there must be a minimum weight, veterinarians must know The inserts to adapt this regulation to the morphologies of the herds. With regard to the tablet, Álvaro told a kind of anecdote that he had a bull prepared for the San Isidro bullfight with perfect features but little weight, which meant that it did not pass recognition. However, he took Dax to Luque's trap, and the Sevillian cut off his tail. “The encastes have all evolved, but the ones that have to evolve are the cattle farms. We have all had potholes, but the ones who change the inserts are the ranchers, who are creating an attack that they have in their heads, and they adapt the insert to their idea”, Marcos Pérez began by saying. “The bull that my grandfather bought from Juan Pedro Domecq has nothing to do with the current bull owned by Garcigrande or Domingo Hernández – the latter being the farm he represents, since Garcigrande currently belongs to his uncle, Justo Hernández, although both stud farms are the same, and they will be until 2024- regarding the onslaught, the type of bull and the demands that there are today in the bullrings to be on top”. “The Domecq bull has not had a hard time submitting to the weight, but he has had to do it and he has had to adapt himself to achieve a charge according to what is required today, and with a mobility and a transmission that was not possible before. they existed", he showed, and as a sign of this evolution we can see the current durability of the bull, previously unthinkable. He also qualified that within a casting you can find quite different irons, thanks to the selection, since "Juan Pedro is the base of many stud farms, but currently it has nothing to do with the onslaught of our bull or that of Victoriano del Río», divided into the one that he cataloged as a reference for the current brave cabin. “My grandfather used to say that the bull did not have to gallop, because if the bullfighters have to fight slowly and the bull gallops I will not understand it; Venusse is one thing from afar, but up close it cannot be so. The point of leaving the flights to the animal, wearing the crutch sewn, bringing it back and making the perfect crutch, is the most difficult and the one that is scariest, more than the one that even if it happens, comes from afar”, he commented on the concept of Domingo Hernández, which Marcos himself has inherited. Regarding the current bull, and when asked if the current bull was “sweeter”, Lozano explained that sweetness is relative: “I have not found a sweet bull in my life. Now you see more classy bulls, but they don't have to be sweet." And he continued: “The tasks are longer and fewer and fewer errors were shown by the public. It requires a job with cleanliness and perfection that you have to look for a consistent bull, not sweet, but one that goes further and responds to good treatment, so that there is an almost perfect pairing”. Martínez Conradi gave his point of view regarding his livestock: “In our case we are not looking for sweetness. The bull we are looking for is not predictable, it is fierce and encased. We are not looking for perfection either, but different nuances, not remote-controlled bulls”. "Now dirty, the bravest, biggest and most difficult bull to fight, although never," Marcos continued. “There is so much demand and perfection that we have normalized it. The good bull is never easy, it is when the figures make the difference”, he stressed. Fernando said that "no matter how much capacity and ambition the bullfighter has, but it easily seems like everything because they cover up the defects, whatever the bull may be." The rancher from La Quinta, a collation of the difficulties of the bull (and bullfighting) in reality, added that "the public seeks perfection, the fan knows how to appreciate imperfection."
