On Sunday April 9th will be held in Madrid an interesting bullfight.
Iván Fandiño, Alberto Aguilar and Gomez del Pilar will fight against 6 bulls from Victorino Martin. Their nameas are «Bosquimano», «Gardacho», «Barbacano», «Murallón», «Buscador» y «Estaquero»
IVAN FANDIÑO
Iván Fandiño Barros , born in Orduña in 1980, obtained the standing of Matador de Toros on August 2005. Since 2013 belongs to the elite of bullfighters. In 2011 he fought in Madrid four times. In 2013 Fandiño was awarded by The Spanish National Radio as the most outstanging bullfighter of the year, He was seriously injured by a bull from Parlade in Madrid in the same year. His team is composed by three banderilleros: Victor Manuel Martinez, Roberto Martin Jarocho and Diego Ramón Jimenez; ThreePicadores: Victor Manuel Martinez, Rafael Agudo and Juan Melgar. His Manager ( Apoderado) is Nestor García. His oficial web-site is http://www.ivanfandino.net. Upcoming bullfights in which he will participate:
On February 25th 2017 : Festival with Picadores in Ciudad Rodrigo (Salamanca) fighting bulls from Juan Manuel Criado and Encinagrande with El Cid, Juan Del Alamo and Toñete
On April 1st 2017: Corrida de Toros in Guadalajara fighting bulls from Jose Luis Pereda- La Dehesilla with Paquirri and Miguel Angel Perera.
ALBERTO AGUILAR
Alberto Aguilar was born in Madrid in 1986 .He started to study at the Taurine School in Madrid on October 5th, 1998. His teachers were Carlos Neila, José Luis Bote, Serranito and Joaquín Bernadó. He fought his first calf in Castilforte (Guadalajara) on August 2nd, 1999. That same year he won the Calf Cycle Competition held in Pozuelo del Rey (Madrid).
In 2000 he made his debut in public in El Batán on July 15th with Novillos from Rocío Sebastián Erice. In 2001 he fought dressed in bullfighter costume for the first time in Las Matas (Madrid) against bulls of Víctor Aguirre being rewarded with three ears. That same year he fought a total of 33 calves, with important triumphs in Dax and Bayona,
On January 4th he participated in Vistalegre, with Novillos ofrom Pablo Mayoral and Mercedes Figueroa, being awarded with two ears.
That same season he compited at VI National Contest of Novilladas. He also fought in Las Ventas Bullring on March 2n in a festival for the victims of the Prestige, with Luis Francisco Esplá, Francisco Rivera Ordonez, Manuel Caballero, Julio Aparicio, Uceda Leal.
His debut in a Novillada with Picadores was on July 23, 2003, in Villalba (Madrid) with Javier Solis and Luis Bolívar and Novillos from Angel Luis Peña. He was awarded with three ears. The season ends with eight novilladas.
In2004 season, he fights a total of 20 Novilladas and awarded with 22 ears and one tail,.
In 2005 he completes his best season as a Novillero, acting in 33 Novilladas , participating in the main Ferias . He was awarded with one ear on May 16th in Madrid.
On August 13th 2006 he obtained the standing of Matador de Toros in Miraflores de la Sierra, , with Ivan Vicente as Padrino (Godfather) and El Capea as Testigo (witness ) and was awarded with three ears. The 2009 season was truncated by a serious knee injury, which prevented him from being able to fight for a long time.
In the last years he have improved his skills as a bullfighter very much and we are looking forwart to seeing him fighting in Madrid on April 9th.
GOMEZ DEL PILAR
Noé Gómez Rodriguez, known as Gomez del Pilar, was born in Madrid in 1988 and fight for the first time as Novillero in Illescas ( Toledo) on March 1st 2009 with Sergio Pulido and Carlos Durán against bulls from El Cortijillo.
He fight in Las Ventas Bull Ring on April 11th 2010 with Román Marcos “El Pela” and Ignacio González. He obtained the stanting of Matador de Toros in Añover de Tajo (Toledo) with Juan José Padilla and Eugenio de Mora and bulls from Luis Algarra on August 27th 2013:
Gomez del Pilar will confirm the Alternativa ( his standing of Matador ) in Madrid on April 9th 2017.