Tag: encaste

Black toro bravo with curved horns resting in a dry grass pasture, Spain

July 13, 2026

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

Ask almost any bullfighting site, English or Spanish, who runs Ganadería Jandilla, and the answer comes back the same: Borja Domecq. It is not wrong, exactly. It is…

Black toro bravo resting in a dehesa pasture, the land where fighting bull bloodlines are raised

July 12, 2026

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.