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Rejoneador
("lancer") is the name given to a bullfighter who fights
the bull on horseback. Along with the picador, a rejoneador
is the second type of mounted bullfighter in Spanish bullfighting.
Classic
bullfights may also exhibit a rejoneador spectacle preceding the
main event but if the corrida is made up exclusively of
rejoneadores, it is called a rejoneo or corrida de rejones.
A rejoneo has a scheme identical with the one of classic
bullfighting.
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It
has three stages named tercios:
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Rejoneador
tries to provoke the bull to attack and run after the galloping
horse (like in the suerte de capote). Then he stabs one
or two of rejones de castigo ("lances of
punishment") (analogous with a picador thrusting the vara
(a long lance)). A rejón de castigo is a lance that has a flag
on its tip that reveals when it contacts the bull's body.
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Rejoneador
stabs six banderillas ("little flags"),
harpoon-pointed colourful sticks on the bull's back. This tercio
is the parallel of the tercio de banderillas in classic
bullfighting.
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Rejoneador
kills the bull with a rejón de muerte ("lance of
death"). Rejón de muerte is a sword shaped into a lance.
In some occasions, the rejoneador will kill the bull on foot by
the traditional way with muleta and estoca.
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Horses
used for horseback bullfighting are Andalusian horses trained
and skilled in dressage.
A
rejoneador's usual costume consists of a dark waistcoat
(usually brown or grey), brown leather chaps and a broad,
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The
Andalusian horse or Spanish horse is one of the
oldest breeds of horses in the world today. It is also known
as the PRE (Pura Raza Española; in English, Pure
Spanish-bred) in most countries because of the work done
by the Spanish studbook in promoting the pure bred horses
around the world. It is one of the two sub-breeds of the
Iberian horses, and extremely similar to the closely related
Lusitano breed.
Andalusians
have been used for all manner of riding horses, and were the
preferred mount of kings over many centuries. They excel in
high school dressage and are used in cattle work and
bullfighting in their native Spain. They are highly
intelligent and learn very quickly.
Partbred
Andalusians are popular as sport horses in many countries.
They also excel at classical dressage and are used for show
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Cavaleiros
 Cavaleiros
(horsemen) are mounted bullfighters in a traditional Portuguese
bullfighting. For the Portuguese corrida de touros does not follow
the scheme of the Spanish bullfighting, they only stick the bandarilhas
on the bull's back. Then, they will leave the ring for the performance of forcados.
However, Portuguese cavaleiros are also named "rejoneadores" in
Spain. Cavaleiros are the stars of a Portuguese bullfight as opposed to
Spain, where the matadores are the most prominent bullfighters. The
costume of the cavaleiros is a flamboyant one, reminiscent of the clothing
of 18th century aristocrats. The breed of horses they use is Lusitano. Since
bullfighting is seen mainly as an equestrian event in Portugal, cavaleiros
have developed their work into an art.
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Lusitano
The
Lusitano is an ancient Portuguese
breed of horse
that until the 1960s shared its registration with the Spanish horse,
the Andalusian.
Both are sometimes called Iberian horses, as their land of origin is
the Iberian peninsula. These Iberian
horses were developed for use in war, dressage
and bull fighting.
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