Miura bull


The Miura is a line within the Spanish Fighting Bull or Toro de Lidia breed of Spain. It is bred at the Ganadería Miura in the province of Seville, in Andalucia. The ranch is known for producing large and difficult fighting bulls. A Miura bull debuted in Madrid on April 30, 1849.
The Miura derives from five historic lines of Spanish bull: the Gallardo, Cabrera, Navarra, Veragua, and Vistahermosa-Parladé.
The bulls were fought under the name of Juan Miura until his death in 1854. Then they were under the name of his widow, Josefa Fernandez de Miura. After her death, the livestock bore the name of her eldest son Antonio Miura Fernandez from 1869 to 1893 and then the younger brother, Eduardo Miura Fernandez until his death in 1917.

Reputation

Bulls from the Miura lineage have a reputation for being large, fierce, and cunning. It is said to be especially dangerous for a matador to turn his back on a Miura. Miura bulls have been referred to as individualists, each bull seemingly possessing a strong personal character.
In Death in the Afternoon, Ernest Hemingway wrote:

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