It is difficult to make it worse with the Charity Run

The Charity Bullfight is hard to do worse. As a consequence of returning to the old formula that did not work of leaving the poster open to the winners embedded in the new operating specifications of Las Ventas, Plaza 1 has been improvising on the fly, of course. The category of the Charity Run has been exposed to the whims of the demagogy of those who wrote the specifications of the Community of Madrid. The company that whispered so much in the ears of the editors did not see it coming. Neither is the fulling mill.

The 2022 Charity, under the old specifications, was closed with time: a category cattle farm -Alcurrucén- and Morante de la Puebla, El Juli and Ginés Marín on the poster. Thus, a priori, with the “no tickets” hanging, the fans and the public excited, it was a pleasure that the King presided over the Charity; This Saturday, when he returns after witnessing the great Bullfight of the Press – he will think that Emilio always fights just -, they are going to sit him on a powder keg. And, even if they make up the lines, the atmosphere will not be good. In fact it’s not.

Plaza 1 had to move the date to be able to include Sebastián Castella, undisputed winner of San Isidro and savior, in some way, of the category of Charity poster that Emilio de Justo completes -whom the fans have let go of the hand in this fair in which so many bulls have attacked him- and Fernando Adrián -the typical covered isidril, very prepared, yes-. As the run was not reviewed in time, there was no complete run: three by Juan Pedro Domecq -who fought an irreproachable run in San Isidro ruined by the wind- and three by Daniel Ruiz -two of whom are going to fight-, livestock that puts the Madrid bullfighting fans in a state of convulsion. It has been patched with a Victoriano del Río bull. With which we have a wonderful cocktail for the most important bullfight of the season in Madrid. I hope all this botch turns out relatively well. Or not as bad as right now I’m projecting. It has been a great weekend with the auction of the Chenel Cup final.

Note: And if you have the possibility, either Miguel Abellán in the CAT or whoever is in charge in the Community, fix this for the 2024 season. Or you will find yourself with the same problems again. And the Felipe VI in front.