Nothing else need be said than Morante de la Puebla’s performance in Jerez de la Frontera last week. Masterful with the capote. Classic with the banderillas. Pure with the muleta. The jabonero sucio from Nuñez de Cuvillo was a dream toro who allowed Morante to showcase elements of his Toreo which others wish they had. Eso es torear con duende!

In the Inaugural Corrida of the Feria de San Isidro in Madrid’s Plaza de Toros Las Ventas, Curro Diaz provided the only highlights from a dreadful afternoon where the toros from Salvador Domecq failed to show up. Diaz continued chipping away at his few opportunities in his rise in the escalafon. Diaz demostrated patience and arte on the fourth toro with a relaxed series of profound derechazos capped off with a solid estocada which found him rolling off the shoulder of the burraco. Diaz is a talented Matador who deserves more appearances in Ferias de primera and hopefully his performance today has secured more opportunities in 2010.

José Tomás is back in Spain now. Less then two weeks after nearly being fatally gored in Aguascalientes, Tomás returned to Spain to begin is long recorvery and hopefully return to the ring. Below is video of his release from the hospital last week and his grateful words for the doctors and citizens who came to his aid.