ZABALA DE LA SERNA Madrid
Madrid
Updated Thursday, February 1, 2024-23:28
Bulls The reopening of the largest bullring in the world: full in the Monumental of Mexico to silence the protests
The commotion over the revelation of
Tana Rivera
and
Martínez de Irujo
as the image of
San Isidro 2024,
as the caryatid of its poster, was confirmed by their father,
Francisco Rivera Ordóñez,
an early riser at the fair's presentation gala this Thursday in
Las Sales
and filled with happiness for his daughter's leading role: "It is a source of pride for the whole family." This was stated to the
Telemadrid
microphones after parading through the
Puerta
Grande
photo call
with his wife,
Lourdes Montes.
Through that corridor he spent the
crême de la crême
of the night. And of course the young muse of the poster, Tana, whom Victoria Federica came to greet on the run and laughing, while she posed for the photographers
.
That later they would hug each other on stage at the award ceremony that little Rivera won.
Pablo Aguado
also had laughs
with presenter
Víctor Soria
when he asked him about the
bullfight in honor of the 200th anniversary of the National Police
that he will fight with
Diego Urdiales
and
Juan Ortega
(absent yesterday when he was in
Mexico):
"Let's hope we don't go out escorted." Among the bullfighters who walked the red carpet, the Spartacist smile of
Borja Jiménez flashed,
the revelation of 2023 supported by his Autumn apotheosis in Madrid. San Isidro'24 bears his name with three afternoons on posters of maximum responsibility. Three afternoons like Morante (who bullfights like no one else),
Castella, Ureña and Manzanares, and only
Alejandro Talavante
surpasses the three
with four dates. Borja left this pearl: "To be confirmed last year after 8 years of alternative to three top category bullfights."
Around José María Manzanares and
Cayetano Rivera
there was a commotion of flashes. Cayetano returns to Madrid after a period of absence. He told his bet and the expectations of him. And, like his brother Francisco, he recognized that tremor that comes with stepping onto the first square in the world. Tomás Rufo, Robleño, Escribano, David Galván, Emilio de Justo, the walking bullfighter announced in the isidrada, paraded with the air of a Legion.
At 9:00 p.m.,
the president of the Community of Madrid,
Isabel Díaz Ayuso, appeared at the
Puerta Grande
, received by the head of
Plaza 1,
the management company of Las Ventas,
Rafael García-Garrido, Simón Casas and Víctor Zabala;
the mayor of Madrid,
José Luis Martínez Almeida,
and the Minister of the Interior,
Carlos Novillo.
The gala, which started with a parade, another, of models - "Bullfighting is in fashion" - had the air that it had been asking for with the leadership of
Ramón García "Ramontxu"
and
Elena Salamanca.
Elena and Ramón (without the pink cape jacket from last December 31) embroidered it as if the bells were ringing. Other level. I hope one day that couple in Puerta del Sol (televisionally speaking). The usual awards came: best livestock
- Victorino Martín,
who as president of the FTL praised Ayuso's support -; the solidarity and bullfighting award to
Máximo García Padrós,
surgeon of the bullring for 58 years!, could not have been better awarded; the milestone award of the season for
Borja Jiménez;
and
the youth and bullfighting award to Cayetana "Tana" Rivera, the protagonist of the San Isidro 2024 poster
. The trophy was presented by Victoria Federica, but the biggest surprise was the speech that was so well written, serious and in keeping with the surnames that flow through her blood: Rivera, Ordóñez, Dominguín. And then the great poster that Cayetana Rivera stars in was revealed - as EL MUNDO announced this Wednesday -, somewhat important from the Plaza 1 communication office.
And Roberto Gómez
could not be missing -
"our
Boby"
, said Ramontxu -, in charge of interviewing Simón Casas and Rafael Garrido, but not before threatening to present the gala again in 2025. Joking aside,
Boby
conducted the interviews with that thing old school radio reporter. The award for an entire career went to a television legend like
Pedro Piqueras,
very great. "It is the result of the great generosity of the bull world towards me," he said modestly. And he defended the bullfighting information about major events in the news, remembering another Tele5 great like
Pepe Ribagorda.
The brooch was put on by President Ayuso. "There is nothing as complicated as making the electoral lists, the tables for a wedding - get ready, mayor - and the San Isidro posters," and for that she congratulated
Casas and Garrido. "Madrid loves the bulls," she proclaimed as she remembered
free Mexico and its crowded
Monumental
. Freedom came to pass here where paths cross and great bullfighters meet. She exalted the role of the Monarchy and once again sang a song about youth and the poster starring Tana Rivera, the muse that shone in the temple of Ayuso.