La Malagueta will host the final of the Andalusian Novilladas Circuit

The La Malagueta bullring will host the final of the Andalusian Circuit of Novilladas with picadors, in its seventh edition, whose ... program was presented this Friday in an event held in the Poster Room of the Royal Cavalry of Seville, and the choice of the Malaga arena is because this year marks the 150th anniversary of its inauguration.

The event that will bring together the three finalists of the cycle will take place on June 14, three days after the century and a half celebration of the first event at La Malagueta, where on June 11, 1876, Rafael Molina 'Lagartijo', Antonio Carmona 'El Gordito', and Manuel Rodríguez 'Desperdicios' performed before bulls from Murube.

During the presentation, the director of Bullfighting Affairs of the Málaga Provincial Council, Borja Ortiz, highlighted that the fact that the final is held in La Malagueta "on its 150th anniversary and within the subscription of the Málaga Fair, is a pride. We promise to rise to the occasion. We are very excited."

The Andalusian Circuit of Novilladas, a project promoted by the Bullfighting Foundation of Lidia and the Junta de Andalucía, and which counts with the support of the provincial councils of Málaga, Granada, Córdoba, Huelva, and Cádiz, the Andalusian Institute of Youth, Fundación Caja Rural del Sur, Fundación Cajasol, and the Royal Cavalry of Seville, will feature six events.

Qualifying event in Cortes de la Frontera

The three qualifying events will take place in March: on the 7th in Lucena with bulls from Osborne for Pedro Luis, Iván Rejas, and Manuel Quintana, who debuts with picadors; on the 14th in Cortes de la Frontera with bulls from Aguadulce for El Primi, Julio Norte, and Dennis Martín, who debuts with picadors; and on the 21st in Sanlúcar de Barrameda with cattle from Luis González Conde for Víctor Barroso, Francisco Fernández, and Isaac Galvín, who debuts with picadors.

The two semifinals will take place in Motril on April 11 with bulls from Fermín Bohórquez for three of the six semifinalists and on April 18 in Aracena with bulls from Ave María for the remaining three semifinalists. June 14 will be the grand final in Málaga.