Horseback bullfighting at the Dax Feria 2025: after the rematch, the beauty will have to wait

Andy Cartagena injured, it is Rui Fernandes who joins the cartel, with Léa Vicens and Duarte Fernandes, during the corrida de rejon, which will take place this Sunday, August 17, at 11 a.m.

At the paseo of this rejoneo bullfight, starting at 11 a.m. this Sunday, August 17, we will not see Andy Cartagena, Léa Vicens, and Duarte Fernandes for the third year in a row. Andy Cartagena is injured, and Rui Fernandes will replace him. Once their bullfighter horses have warmed up in the bullring, the three rejoneadores will have to face a group of Murube bulls.

The previous two episodes provided memorable mornings, thanks to the caste and mobility of the bulls as much as the distance competition between the three bullfighters. In 2023, Andy Cartagena emerged as the day's winner, with two ears and a tail as a reward for his second performance. Léa Vicens gave him the lead and held his own for the final feria, obtaining a total of three ears and a tail from her Murube bulls. During this rematch, we were also able to see the progress of Duarte Fernandes, who was also carried to triumph in 2024.

This year, the equation now includes an unknown, Rui Fernandes, Duarte Fernandes's uncle, who taught him the art of rejoneo. He returns to the Dax bullring where he last fought in 2022. If not a beautiful one, we may witness a moving passing of the baton within a great Portuguese family of horseback bullfighting.