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Bull Breeds & Ganaderías

Black fighting bull in a Spanish pasture, bred for the Victoriano del Río ganadería
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.
Black toro bravo resting in a dehesa pasture, the land where fighting bull bloodlines are raised
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.
Two Ganaderia Miura fighting bulls, chestnut and black coats, in a ranch holding pen
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
Black toro bravo grazing in a sunlit oak pasture, representative of ganaderia Dolores Aguirre land
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.
Fighting bulls and steers charging through runners on the encierro route, Pamplona
Bull Breeds & Ganaderías

Cebada Gago Has Gored More Pamplona Runners Than Any Other Ranch. Its Bloodline Is Younger Than the Legend.

The history of Ganaderia Cebada Gago: a Cadiz bloodline rebuilt in 1960 that has gored more Pamplona runners than any other San Fermin ranch.