Bull Breeds & Ganaderías

Puerto de San Lorenzo Opened San Fermín Twice, Then Vanished for Seven Years

Bull Breeds & Ganaderías

Victoriano del Río: The Ganadería Four Owners Built Before Its 1985 Rebuild

Ganadería Victoriano del Río history: four owners before the 1985 rebuild, the Domecq bloodline, and its 2:25 average across 15 Pamplona runs.

Bull Breeds & Ganaderías

Jandilla’s Own Breeder Registry Names a Different Owner Than Nearly Every Other Source. He’s Been in Charge Since 2016.

Bull Breeds & Ganaderías

Six of Pamplona’s Bull Ranches Trace to the Same Root Bloodline. Two Don’t Share Any of It.

Eight ganaderías that have run Pamplona trace to just a handful of root bloodlines. The encaste system explains which share genetics, and which two don't.

Bull Breeds & Ganaderías

Miura Holds San Fermín’s Longest and Shortest Encierro Records. Neither Happened in a Bullring.

Miura's most extreme entries in San Fermín's record books happened on the street, not in the bullring: the longest encierro ever run, and one of

Bull Breeds & Ganaderías

Torrestrella Caused the Only American Death in Encierro History. It Hasn’t Run Pamplona Since 2014.

Bull Breeds & Ganaderías

Ganadería Dolores Aguirre Ran Pamplona 15 Times. Its Founder Was Never Andalusian.

Ganaderia Dolores Aguirre history: 15 Pamplona runs through 2014, the Basque founder, and why it's absent from San Fermin today.

Bull Breeds & Ganaderías

José Escolar: The Ganadería That Transformed Its Own Encierro Record

Bull Breeds & Ganaderías

The Toro Bravo’s Most Dangerous Blind Spot Isn’t Behind It. It’s Directly in Front of Its Own Nose.

About Encierro, Runner Stories

The Encierro

Puerto de San Lorenzo Opened San Fermín Twice, Then Vanished for Seven Years

Victoriano del Río: The Ganadería Four Owners Built Before Its 1985 Rebuild

Jandilla’s Own Breeder Registry Names a Different Owner Than Nearly Every Other Source. He’s Been in Charge Since 2016.

Six of Pamplona’s Bull Ranches Trace to the Same Root Bloodline. Two Don’t Share Any of It.

Miura Holds San Fermín’s Longest and Shortest Encierro Records. Neither Happened in a Bullring.

Torrestrella Caused the Only American Death in Encierro History. It Hasn’t Run Pamplona Since 2014.

Ganadería Dolores Aguirre Ran Pamplona 15 Times. Its Founder Was Never Andalusian.

José Escolar: The Ganadería That Transformed Its Own Encierro Record

The Toro Bravo’s Most Dangerous Blind Spot Isn’t Behind It. It’s Directly in Front of Its Own Nose.

The First Rocket Went Off and Half the Street Started Running. I Knew the Bulls Were Still on Santo Domingo.