Mexican
Corridas & Festivals

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Alfredo
Durán -- Tampico, Tamps.
Ing. Miguel Gallo Gutierrez
-- Guadalajara, Jal.
Roberto Lozano -- Monterrey, N.L.
Juan Manuel Morales H. -- México,
D.F.
Ana Laura Quijano --
México, D.F.
Francisco Tijerina -- Monterrey,
N.L.
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Acapulco (Guerrero)
February 2 (Sunday)
Novillos from Francisco Rivera
For Víctor Manuel Coronado, Julio Bonora, Jorge González, and José Rubén Arroyo
Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes)
March 2 (Sunday)
Novillada
Novillos from Salvador Belaunzarán
March 16 (Sunday)
Novillada
Feria de San Marcos
Tentative dates:
Corridas: April 13, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27; May 3 and 4
Novilladas: April 23 and May 2
Cañadas de Obregon (Jalisco)
- February 2 (Sunday)
Bulls from San Marcos
For Alejandro Silveti and Luis Milla
Chihuahua
- July 14, Sunday
Final novillada of the season -- novillos from San José de Buena
Vista, and from San Felipe Torres Mochas (Guanajuato)
Novilleros: Sergio Valenzuela (Ciudad Juarez, Chih.); Alberto Contreras
"Finito" (Ciudad, Juarez, Chih.); Arturo Prado "Padrito"
(Aguascalientes); and Francisco Rodriguez Licon (who though from the Estado
de México, says he 'feels' Chihuahuan, since his Mother was from
Chihuahua)
Guadalajara
Unless
otherwise noted, the listed corrida will be at 4:30PM
in the Plaza de Toros "El Nuevo Progreso"
- October 13, Sunday
Six bulls from Monte Cristo, one from Begoña
For Rodrigo Santos (rejoneador), Guillermo Capetillo, José Luis
Bote, and Alfredo Lomelí.
- October 17, Thursday(8:30PM)
Plaza de Toros "El Centenario," San Pedro Tlaquepaque
4 Novillos (ganaderia to be announced)
Alberto Huerta mano-a-mano with Alfredo Gutierrez
- October 20, Sunday
Six bulls from "Armillita" Hnos. and one from San Miguel Mimiahuapan
Gerardo Trueba (rejoneador), Miguel Espinoza "Armillita Chico",
José Tomás, and José María Luevano.
- October 27, Sunday
Bulls from Mimiahuapan
For Mariano Ramos (his last appearance in this plaza), Jorge Gutiérrez,
and Víctor Puerto.
- November 3, Sunday
Bulls from Xajay
For Alejandro Silveti, Rafael Ortega, and Víctor Puerto.
- November 10, Sunday
Bulls from La Venta del Refugio
For Guillermo Capetillo, Jorge Gutiérrez, and Vicente Barrera.
- November 17, Sunday
Six bulls from Real de Saltillo, one from Begoña
For Giovanni Aloi (rejoneador), and a "mano a mano" between Eloy
Cavazos and José Mari Manzanares.
- November 24, Sunday
Bulls from Begoña
For Miguel Espinoza "Armillita Chico", Vicente Barrera, and Fernando
Ochoa.
Cd. Juarez
- Bullfight season
is April through August -- Plaza Monumental; schedule at times posted
on a site hosted by UT
El Paso
León (Gto)
- December 12 (Thursday), 4:00PM
Plaza de Toros La Luz
Tradicional Corrida Guadalupana
Bulls from Jaral de Peñas
For matadores:
Jorge Gutierrez -- Gran figura del toreo Mexicano
José Luis Bote -- Extraordinario torereo Español
Fernando Ochoa -- Triunfador Michoacano
Prices: Sombra general $45.00; Sol General $35.00.
- February 2 (Sunday)
Bulls from San Miguel de Mimiahuapan
For Miguel Espinosa "Armillita Chico," Alfredo Lomelí, and Vicente Barrera
Mérida (Yucatán)
- February 2, Sunday
Bulls to be announced
For José Luis Bote, Rafael Ortega, and one other to be announced
Mexicali
See schedules provided
by Bullfighting at its Finest, en
español and in English
(with slightly different content).
México, D.F.
- September 8, Sunday
Novillada -- Plaza México -- novillos from Xajay
Novilleros: Enrique "El cuate" Espinosa (student of Manolo Martinez),
Alfredo Gutierrez (nephew of matador Jorge Gutierrez), and Alberto Huerta
(nephew of Joselito).
- November 3, Sunday
Bulls from Xajay
For Guillermo Capetillo, Jorge Gutierrez, and Pedrito de Portugal who will
"confirm" his alternativa
- November 10, Sunday
Bulls to be announced
For Litri, Mejia, and "el Conde" (all tentative)
- November 17, Sunday
Bulls from La Soledad
For Fermin Espinoza "Armillita," Rafael Ortega (winner of last
year's Oreja de Oro), and Raul Gracia "El Tato" (Español)
who will confirm his alternativa
- November 24, Sunday
Bulls from De Santiago
For José Mari Manzanares, Jorge Gutierrez, and Ricardo "Negro"
Montaño
- February 24, Sunday
Bulls from Vista Hermosa (average weight 563kg)
For Jorge Gutierrez, Manolo Mejia, and Miguel Baez "Litri"
- February 5, Wednesday -- 4:00PM
51st Anniversary of the Plaza -- a benefit for the Mexican Red Cross
Bulls (all castaños) from San Miguel de Mimiahuapan (4) and Begoña (4)
For Eloy Cavazos, Miguel Espinosa "Armillita," José
Miguel Arroyo "Joselito," and Enrique Ponce
Monterrey
NOTE:
There are four plazas in or near Monterrey -- Monumental Monterrey "Lorenzo
Garza" in Monterrey, 5 minutes from downtown; Plaza de Toros "Cuauhtemoc"
in Guadalupe, 15 minutes outside the city, but in the metropolitan area;
Cortijo "San Felipe," San Pedro Garza Garcia , in the metropolitan
area, 25 minutes from downtown; and Plaza de Toros "Cadereyta,"
40 minutes from Monterrey in Cadereyta.
- October 3, Thursday
Plaza "Lorenzo Garza" -- Bulls from Manolo Martínez
Matadors -- Manolo Mejía, José Luis Bote, and Manolo Martínez
(jr.)
- October 6, Sunday
Bulls from Manolo Martínez
Matadors -- Manolo Martinez, Jr.; Jorge Gutierrez, and Mariano Ramos
- October 13, Sunday
La Plaza "Cuauhtemoc"
8 bulls from ganaderias to be announded
2 Matadores, 2 Novilleros: Fermin Espinosa, Manuel Capetillo, Enrique Espinosa
"El Cuate," and Humberto Huerta
- October 20, Sunday
Plaza "Lorenzo Garza"
Bulls from Tequisquipan
For Lorenzo Garza , José Luis Bote , Jorge Gutierrez, and Enrique
Garza
- October 26, Saturday
Plaza "Cuauhtemoc"
Bulls from El Cerrito (4)
For the local matador, Alberto Galindo "El Geno"
- November 10, Sunday
Plaza "Cuauhtemoc"
Festival taurino with aficionados practicos and ex-novilleros
- November 17, Sunday
Plaza "Cuauhtemoc"
Roberto Miguel, Manolo Martinez, and Michel Landgrave
Morelia (Michoacan)
- Nov. 2, Saturday
Bulls from San Marcos
For Mauricio Portillo, Teodoro Gómez, and Fernando Ochoa
- February 2 (Sunday)
Bulls from Fernando de la Mora
For Eloy Cavazos, Francisco Dóddoli, and Carlos Villaseñor (who will take his alternativa)
Nuevo
Laredo
- October 27, Sunday
Novillada -- Bulls to be announced
Novilleros -- Enrique Espinosa "El Cuate," Fermin Castaño,
and two others to be announced
Puebla (Puebla)
- February 1, Saturday
Bulls from Dario González
For Rafi Camino, Rafael Ortega, and Fernando Ochoa
Saltillo
- October 12, Saturday
Ganaderia not yet announced
Matadors -- Mariano Ramos, Jorge Gutiérrez, and Miguel Lahoz.
Salvatierra (Gto)
- February 1 (Saturday) -- 12 noon
Novillos from Ojo de Agua
For Tomás Gutiérrez, Alberto Huerta, Ignacio Garibay, and Manolo Lizardo
- February 1 (Saturday) -- 4PM
Novillos from Huerta Hermanos
For Juan Salvador, Alberto Huerta, Raúl Montoya, and Víctor Huerta
- February 2 (Sunday)/B>
Bulls from Sierra Ortega
For Mariano Ramos, Rafi Camino, and Fernando Ochoa
San Julián (Jalisco)
- February 2 (Sunday)
Bulls from San Marcos
For Alfredo Ríos "El Conde," and Rafael Rubio "Rafaelillo"
San Miguel de Allende
- September 28 (Saturday)
Bulls from Los Goyos, for "El Zotoluco," Mario del Olmo, Alfredo
Rios "El Conde," and José María. Luevano
Soledad de Doblado (Veracruz)
- February 2 (Sunday)
Bulls from Hugo García Méndez
For Manuel Capetillo and Alberto Ortega
Sombrerete (Zacatecas)
- February 2 (Sunday)
Bulls from El Saucillo
For Rodrigo Santos (rejoneador), Roberto Miguel, and Mario del Olmo
Tijuana
Good schedule coverage
en
español, provided by Torero, Torero!! Includes some results
from border-city corridas, and the ticket prices for Tijuana corridas.
Also see schedules
provided by Bullfighting at its Finest, en
español and in English
(with slightly different content).
Tlaxcala
- Oct. 19, Saturday
Bulls from Dario González
For Mariano Ramos, Rafael Ortega, and Alfredo Delgado "El Conde"
- Oct. 26, Saturday
Bulls from Felpe González
For Miguel Espinosa "Armillita Chico", Manolo García Méndez,
and Mario del Olmo
- Nov. 1, Friday
Bulls from La Soledad
For Manolo Mejía, Eulalio López "Zotoluco," and
Humberto Flores
Nov. 2, Saturday
Bulls from Reyes Huerta
For Jorge Gutiérrez, Federico Pizarro, and Ricardo "Negro"
Montaño
Zacatecas
- Sept. 1, Sunday
Bulls from Jaral de Peñas for Rodrigo Santos (rejoneador), Mariano
Ramos, César Pastor, and Leonor Benítez.
- Sept. 7, Saturday
Bulls from Sierra Ortega for Mariano Ramos, Manolo Mejía, Jorge
Carmona, Marco Antonio Aguirre, Jesús Enríquez, and Mauricio
Flores.
- Sept. 9, Sunday
Bulls from José Julián Llaguno for José Luis Bote,
Manolo Mejía, and Jorge Carmona.
- Sept. 15, Sunday
Bulls from Arturo Huerta for Eloy Cavazos, Arturo Gilio, and Carlos Rondero.
- Sept. 16, Monday
Bulls from Torrecilla for Jorge Gutiérrez, Luévano, and Fernando
Ochoa.
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