rejoneo

rejoneo

      a form of bullfighting in which the principal fighter, the rejoneador, is mounted on a highly trained horse and uses a rejón, a short, broad blade fixed to a shaft, to kill the bull. Rejoneo is sometimes called the Portuguese style, since fighting on horseback is a central feature of Portuguese bullfighting.

      The rejoneo usually precedes the conventional fights in a program and follows a similar pattern. The bull is let into the ring and worked with a cape by the rejoneador's assistant on foot. The rejoneador himself then leads the bull about the ring, performing daring and intricate feats of horsemanship while placing first the rejones de castigo (“punishing rejones”) and then the banderillas (barbed darts) in the shoulders and neck of the animal. This is similar to the performance of the picadors in a conventional bullfight, but, unlike the heavily protected picador's horse, the rejoneador's horse wears no padding.

      The horseman tries to work as close as possible to the bull's horns, which are often blunted but nevertheless quite dangerous, and still keep both his mount and himself from injury. The banderillas, similar to the barbed darts used in fights on the ground, are placed by the rejoneador while he leans from the saddle, holding two in one hand or one in each hand. In the latter instance the horse is guided only by the horseman's knees. Occasionally the horseman will use a dart about 6 inches (15 cm) long, the rejoncillo de la rosa, so called because of a cloth rose at one end. The rejoneador places it by leaning far out of the saddle and reaching over the bull's horns, which pass very close to the horse—a dangerous and spectacular maneuver.

      For the kill, rejones de muerte are used, with blades about twice the length of those used earlier. They are thrust between the bull's shoulder blades, just as the matador uses his sword. The kill from horseback is difficult, and the rejoneador or his assistant may be forced to finish the bull on the ground with sword and cape. Simao da Veiga, Alvaro Domecq, Angel Peralta, and Conchita Cintrón are ranked among the greatest rejoneadores.

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