David de Miranda Wins the Silver Sword for the Best Performance at the Malaga Bullfighting Fair

The outstanding performance that David de Miranda delivered with the first bull of his lot in the bullfight held on August 19 at La Malagueta continues to bring satisfaction to the bullfighter from Huelva, who has won the 'Antonio Ordóñez' Silver Sword awarded by the Provincial Council to the author of the best performance at the Malaga bullfighting fair.

The jury unanimously granted this prestigious award in its thirty-first edition to De Miranda for the performance he delivered on the third bull of the event on August 19, an animal from the Victoriano del Río ranch named 'Enamorado', number 163, black and weighing 550 kilograms, from which he cut both ears after a peak performance where he gave a lesson in dry, pure, unadorned courage, demonstrated firmness and risked his life to sign one of the performances not only of the Malaga season but of the Spanish bullfighting season. He achieved the two ears that allowed him to open the 'Manolo Segura' grand door at La Malagueta for the first time in his career.

This is the first time that the bullfighter from Trigueros has won this award and adds his name to the list of previous winners, which includes bullfighters such as Fortes (who won last year), Curro Romero, Joselito, José Tomás, Enrique Ponce, Niño de la Capea, Miguel Márquez, Javier Conde, José María Manzanares (father and son), El Juli, and Francisco Rivera Ordóñez. A prize that David de Miranda adds to the Capote de Paseo, awarded by the city council for the performance with that bull.

The jury of the Silver Sword is made up of the president of the Provincial Council, Francisco Salado; the director of Bullfighting Affairs of the provincial institution, Borja Ortiz; the head of the Bullfighting Affairs Unit, David Amador; the presidents of La Malagueta, Carlos Bueno and Antonio Roche; bullfighting critics, representatives of groups and bullfighting clubs, as well as a young fan and an older one.