On July 9, three years after the loss of Victor Barrio. In 2016, it was José Tomás who leaned forward, organizing in his memory the Valladolid run. The following two years there was a festival in Sepúlveda and in 2019, Villaseca de la Sagra (Toledo) will be the municipality that welcomes this homage to the Segovian bullfighter: III Victor Víctor Barrio Memorial.

On October 19 they will make the paseíllo for free (for the first time and, under contract, also the gangs): Diego Urdiales, Manuel Escribano, Álvaro Lorenzo, Ginés Marín and the novillero Marcos. The bulls, donated by the farmers, will correspond to the currencies of Jandilla, Conde de Mayalde, Montealto, Domingo Hernández and Los Candiles.

Raquel Sanz, widow of Víctor Barrio, explained to EL MUNDO the difficulties in organizing a festival of this caliber: "I thank the bullfighters and ranchers who have participated. It has not been easy, many people have told us no. I wanted to stay out but I had to personally call some killers for the amount of obstacles we have encountered. " Incredible lack of commitment and companionship of the current ranking.

The journalist José Ribagorda, presenter of Telecinco News, welcomed attendees with deep words dedicated to the bullfighter of Grajera: "This festival will honor the memory of a bullfighter who gave his life to the passion of bullfighting (...) gave tragic sense to bullfighting liturgy, to that fight in the radically loyal arena. "

Sergio Miguel, from the Víctor Barrio Foundation, and the mayor of Villaseca de la Sagra, Jesús Hijosa, also took the floor. Víctor Barrio won as a novillero the Golden Potter and whenever he was called by the mayor he went to the tolerated municipality. Therefore, now the town wants to return the affection with this tribute giving the place for free.

Raquel Sanz detailed the important work of the Foundation that bears the name of the bullfighter and that fights to keep his memory alive by promoting bullfighting: "Our goal is children, in these three years more than a thousand have passed through our workshop of introduction to bullfighting This year we have been in Albacete and Logroño with a large number of children who have made their tackle, have met bullfighters (such as Diego Urdiales, Sergio Serrano and Diego Carretero) and have had fun playing the bull. " Raquel, together with Víctor's friends and family, maintains the illusion of transmitting bullfighting, which, in turn, was one of the passions of the Segovian bullfighter.

Víctor Barrio's friends and family attended, such as Raquel Sanz, Esther Hernanz, Joaquín and Ruth Barrio, Cristina Sánchez, María Ángeles Sanz, the farmers Agustín Montes, Pablo González, Francisco Camino and the writer Carlos Abella, among many fans who wanted to support the presentation .

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