San Fermín 2007: The Running of the Bulls
July 6 to 14, 2007. Eight encierros, eight ganaderías, every video, and the stories from a fiesta marked by a very dangerous, slow July 12.
Curated by Dennis Clancey
· Founder of Encierro, veteran bull runner
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Encierros
0
Deaths
What 2007 Was Really Like
Dennis Clancey · Founder, Encierro
2007 was among my earliest years at the fiesta, part of that initial stretch when I was learning what the encierro actually is, not as a spectacle but as a daily event with its own logic and rhythm. I can place myself in Pamplona that July, in the streets and the energy of it, though I’ll leave the specifics to the record rather than to memory at this distance.
What the record shows is that July 12 that year was a very dangerous, slow morning. A bull from the Marqués de Domecq herd fell behind the others, and seven runners were gored by horn in one run. I was there for a fiesta that included that morning.
Dennis Clancey, Founder, Encierro
2007 in contextA Very Dangerous, Slow July 12
The sixth encierro of 2007, on July 12, was a very dangerous, slow run with the bulls of Marqués de Domecq.
The fifth encierro was run on July 11 with Jandilla. Read every year in the full archive, or see how 2007 compares to 2006 and 2008.
July 12, 2007: a very dangerous, slow encierro with the Marqués de Domecq bulls.Morning by morning
Every 2007 Encierro, Day by Day
Each run with its ganadería, time, horn injuries, and official video. The route runs 848.6 meters from Santo Domingo to the ring; see the route map.
Sat July 7 · First run
Dolores Aguirre
First run
Dolores Aguirre opened the 2007 fiesta. The bull Cantinito, a 575-kilo negro bragado, gored an Australian runner, and Argelón stumbled in Estafeta.
Sun July 8 · Second run
Miura
Second run
Miura ran the second morning with a varied and imposing lot that averaged 670 kilos at the sorteo.
Mon July 9 · Third run
Fuente Ymbro
Third run
Fuente Ymbro ran the third morning, in the ranch’s third year in Pamplona.
Tue July 10 · Fourth run
Cebada Gago
Fourth run
Cebada Gago ran the fourth morning. That afternoon their bull Segador, fought by Juan Bautista, won the Trofeo Carriquiri for 2007.
Wed July 11 · Fifth run
Jandilla
Fri July 13 · Seventh run
Antonio Bañuelos
Seventh run
Antonio Bañuelos ran the penultimate morning, the ranch’s debut at the Feria del Toro.
Sat July 14 · Eighth run
Victorino Martín
Closing run
Victorino Martín closed the 2007 fiesta with a steady, clean run that left one runner gored by horn.
The Stories the Numbers Leave Out
The July 12 run
A Very Dangerous, Slow Marqués de Domecq Run
Mundotoro described the July 12 encierro with the Marqués de Domecq bulls as very dangerous and slow.
The closing run
Victorino Martín Closes the Fiesta
Victorino Martín ran the last encierro of 2007 on July 14, a steady, clean run that left one runner gored by horn.
The Feria del Toro
Segador Wins the Carriquiri
Segador, a Cebada Gago bull fought by Juan Bautista on July 10, won the Trofeo Carriquiri for 2007.
The 2007 Sanfermines Official Cartel
Cartel: “Toro-Lija” by Javier Morón Belso.
Javier Morón Belso created the 2007 winning poster. The work titled “Toro-Lija” was selected by the official jury of the Ayuntamiento de Pamplona from among the works submitted in the annual competition, the last year before the public-vote system was introduced in 2008.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Pamplona, cartel archive
Named the official cartel of San Fermín 2007 after winning the Ayuntamiento's annual poster contest.
Beyond the runThe City in 2007
The chupinazo opened the fiesta at noon on Friday, July 6, 2007, with the traditional rocket fired from the balcony of the Plaza Consistorial. The program ran for nine days: eight morning encierros, the afternoon corridas at the Plaza de Toros, the nightly fireworks competition, the daily dianas through the streets at dawn, and the continuous activity of the peñas through every night of the fiesta. At midnight on July 14, the candlelit Pobre de Mí closed the celebrations as it does every year.
2007 was also the final year the official poster was chosen solely by jury. Starting with the 2008 edition, Pamplona introduced a public vote to select the winner from a shortlisted set. The 2007 poster, Javier Morón Belso’s “Toro-Lija”, was therefore the last cartel selected under the old system.
The recordHow 2007 Came Together
The planning and key dates, kept on the record.
Before the fiesta
The winning poster “Toro-Lija” by Javier Morón Belso was announced. It was the last San Fermín poster selected exclusively by jury before the public-vote system was introduced in 2008.
The lineup
Eight ranches confirmed for July 7 to 14: Dolores Aguirre, Miura, Fuente Ymbro, Cebada Gago, Jandilla, Marqués de Domecq, Antonio Bañuelos, and Victorino Martín.
12 July 2007
The Marqués de Domecq encierro was very dangerous and slow.
6 July 2007
The chupinazo fired at noon from the Plaza Consistorial opened the fiesta. Nine days later, at midnight on July 14, Pobre de Mí closed it.
San Fermín 2007, Answered
How many runners were gored in San Fermín 2007?
Same-day press reports give no total for the fiesta. On July 7 the Dolores Aguirre bull Cantinito gored an Australian runner, and the Victorino Martín run on July 14 left one runner gored by horn.
Which ganaderías ran in San Fermín 2007?
Eight ranches ran from July 7 to 14: Dolores Aguirre (July 7), Miura (July 8), Fuente Ymbro (July 9), Cebada Gago (July 10), Jandilla (July 11), Marqués de Domecq (July 12), Antonio Bañuelos (July 13), and Victorino Martín (July 14).
Was anyone killed in San Fermín 2007?
No. There were no fatalities in the 2007 encierros. The last death in the Pamplona running of the bulls was Daniel Jimeno Romero on July 10, 2009.
Why was the Marqués de Domecq run on July 12, 2007 significant?
Mundotoro described it as a very dangerous and slow encierro.
Sources
Every fact on this page is checked against these sources. Where sources disagreed, the one closest to the day won.
- mundotoro.com, "PAMPLONA: Exiguo balance artistico en tarde de poca sustancia (Fotos)", 2007-07-07. mundotoro.com
- mundotoro.com, "PAMPLONA: Variopinto y ofensivo lote de Miura con 670 kilos de promedio (Sorteo)", 2007-07-08. mundotoro.com
- El Periódico, "Cuestión de física pura", 2007-07-08. elperiodico.com
- mundotoro.com, "PAMPLONA: Enchiquerado un serio lote de Fuente Ymbro (Sorteo)", 2007-07-09. mundotoro.com
- mundotoro.com, "Tres castanos de Cebada Gago y un jabonero para el debut de Talavante (Sorteo)", 2007-07-10. mundotoro.com
- mundotoro.com, "Pamplona: Un toro de Vegahermosa remienda la corrida de Jandilla de esta tarde (Sorteo)", 2007-07-11. mundotoro.com
- mundotoro.com, "Muy peligroso y lento el encierro del Marques de Domecq", 2007-07-12. mundotoro.com
- mundotoro.com, "Sorteada la corrida de Antonio Banuelos que se lidiara en la penultima de PAMPLONA", 2007-07-13. mundotoro.com
- mundotoro.com, "Los victorinos realizan una carrera templada y limpia", 2007-07-14. mundotoro.com
- mundotoro.com, "Sorteados los toros de Cebada Gago bajo un gran ambiente (Previo y Sorteo)", 2008-07-08. mundotoro.com
- Diario de Cuyo, "San Fermin se cobro su primera victima fatal desde 2003", 2009-07. diariodecuyo.com.ar
- Ayuntamiento de Pamplona, "Carteles de San Fermin (official cartel archive)". pamplona.es
- Ayuntamiento de Pamplona, "News item with cartel vote participation table 2008 to 2019 (node 19766)". pamplona.es
- Ayuntamiento de Pamplona, "The Encierro (Bullrun)". pamplona.es
Planning your own run?
2007 is part of the record. For what came next, see San Fermín 2008, or learn the route with the runners who have studied it longest.