The best – The 2019 fair
October 2020
Last year, we had one of the best fairs that we are able to recall, with no incidents and an extraordinary atmosphere. Joy permeated everything. Don Luis Rivera received the Peña Caballista Prize in recognition of a whole life dedicated to horse and cow ranching. At the ceremony, we missed the presence of mayor Ana Mula, who did not attend the function like she did in previous years. What was most intense for everybody was the actual fair. Nobody suspected that this year, marked by the dreadful Covid-19, we would not be able to celebrate it. We did not have Easter. Nor did we have the Seville April Fair, nor the majestic Jerez Fair. We weren’t able to go to El Rocío either. Something that was unprecedented and unthinkable until the tragedy of the coronavirus arrived. In August, we did not have the Malaga Fair. And we were not able to celebrate Los Boliches Fair either. We need to be cautious, because we still have new cases every day. We have lived through an atypical summer, with suffocating masks, but at least we have been able to enjoy ourselves thanks to the opening of bars, restaurants and shops, the beach, the mountain, the fact that we can travel to other provinces… The fight is almost over, but we cannot lower our guard. We have to act responsibly. We all know that we must keep social distance, and that masks are mandatory because they provide us with protection. This way, next year we’ll be able to really enjoy our fair, and we will value and feel grateful for everything we have.
After the Misa Flamenca, the men of throne (or bearers) carried the statue of the Virgen del Rosario Coronada in a procession to the fairgrounds.
Doña Mercedes Campoy, an extraordinary woman, next to her granddaughter Diana.
Beautiful picture of the profile of the statue of Nuestra Señora del Rosario Coronada.
Julieta’s groundbreaking and sophisticated style. So beautiful!
Paloma’s charming smile. Thank you always for the great job you do as a teacher.
Rocío García, an amazing woman who does an amazing job at Fuensocial, next to her son Mateo.
Salvador Jaime, with his wife, to the rump, and his daughter, on the pommel, next to his son, a promising horseman, and accompanied by Antonio Millán, another great enthusiast.
Two important Classical Dressage riders. Alejandro Sánchez del Barco and Francisco Gil, who paid us a visit with his girlfriend Ana Belén García.
Julian Flores, Tomás García, his daughter Laura and some friends. Great gathering.
Luis Blanco enjoying the company of his twins Ignacio and José Manuel. Happy Fair!
Proud and happy parents Rocío Suárez and David Fernández, next to their daughter, Carmen, a very responsible student who loves to ride as a horsewoman.
Don Luis Rivera received the Peña Caballista Prize last year, in recognition of his work as a rancher. The prize was awarded by councilor Isabel Moreno and the president of the Peña Caballista, Eduardo López-Ayala, as well as by his close friend don Juan María de la Cámara.
And let’s go get the fourth one!
Pure beauty.
Stunning photograph by Bosco Martín de Sergio Ruiz, one of our bullfighters.
Paco Rodríguez next to the sisters Mercedes and Kika Cotrina, Alicia Serrano, in the middle and, next to her, Conchita Guerra.
Luis Sempere and Hugo Ruiz. Two formidable men. Long live friendship!
A team of mules extraordinarily driven by a stunning young woman. Behind her, the Seguras, husband and wife, with their little one.
Alfonso Aragón. ¡Big Horse, walk or not!
Carlos Díaz and Salvador Cortés. Booze time!
José and Pepi’s marriage to a good gang of friends.
Ignacio Blanco riding a horse with his son Luisfe and Carlos Jiménez.
Alicia Pavón and his bullfighter. Congratulations to this amazing mother!
José Losada, Eduardo López-Ayala, Clemente Jaime and Jesús Borrego. Let’s enjoy the nuit!
This driver is just right for the occasion. What a great job you do!
Pepe de la Cámara and Alicia Morón to the rump. A couple of real enthusiasts!
From left to right, María del Mar Gutiérrez, Inmaculada Moreno, Juan Ramón Cano, Raquel Portillo, Belén Gutiérrez, Mª José Salvatier, Susana Díaz and Ana Arenas. Beautiful people.
Horsewoman Rocío González.
Rocío Cortés y Susana Ortiz. Two extraordinary women.
Victoria and María Gallego, Isa Ordóñez and Susana Ortiz posing for our magazine. Thank you!
Virginia Rodríguez, María del Mar Parada, Rosi and Inma Pérez, Pepa Rosales, Lourdes López, Isabel Moreno and Ana Pecino. Let’s have some fun!
The Jumping rider and trainer Samuel Oliva and his charming partner Carmen Alarcón.
What a gang, they never stop! From left to right, Javier, his cousin Ana, Susana, Piluca, Pepe, Alfonso, María, Mari Luz and Pepa. Carpe Diem!
Southern beauty.
Celia Cuevas, Pilar Soto, Salvador Díaz with his wife and his daughter Rocío, Eduardo López-Ayala and a friend with her son.
The Peña Caballista’s president and secretary, Eduardo and Juan López-Ayala, the perfect hosts.
From left to right, Miguel Cascajo, Álvaro Mújica, Jesús Altamirano, the great artist Hoffman, Belén Vilar, Rosa Gómez, Eva Picazo and Sonia Vera. We will not run out of fun here!
Lighting of Fuengirola’s fairgrounds.
Alberto Morales, David Fernández, Sergio Ruiz, Carmen Sáenz de Tejada, Carmen Sibaja and the assistant bullfighters Rafa and Nono Sánchez Palencia.
Juan Rico and Gema Fernández. Such a glamorous couple.
Don José Luis Martín next to Isabel Navarro, Ken Franklin and his wife.
Juan and Curro.
From left to right, Fran Jerez, our “celebrity” José Antonio Pavón, Antonio Santana and the rider Alejandro Sánchez del Barco. The fair is full of handsome men.
Little women, all of them amazing. As Rocío Jurado sang: “Qué no daría yo por empezar de nuevo… (What wouldn’t I do to start over…)”
The rider from Tarifa Luis Benítez, Championship of Cowboy Dressage.
Miguel Ángel Díez, Miguel Cabano and Juan Lobato. Now it is time to have some fun!
Cousins Aitor García and Salvador Cortés with Kika Cotrina.
María Candón’s stunning beauty.
Laura Pozuelo and Eduardo López-Ayala next to his sister Eloísa.
Atanasio, Isabel, Eva and Antonio. Elegant and happy.
Manolo Herreros, Jorge León and Antonio Ruiz.
From left to right, Ricardo Macías, Patricia Corbalán, Hans Peter, Elisa Alameda, Betty Lario, Loreto del Álamo, Inmaculada Burgos and Manolo Herreros
José Manuel Blanco
Cristóbal Porras, 2017 Peña Caballista Prize, next to his wife Kate Van Herbert and Noelia Berrocal.
Andrés González with Marina Mera to the rump.
Rosmari, Noelia and Ana. Independent and celebrating life.
Rider Jesús Altamirano, who took home the bronze medal at Cowboy Dressage Spanish National Championship with Cardhu in the Junior category last year. Congratulations! Next to Andrés González.
José Manuel Sánchez-Palencia surrounded by his homonymous son and his nephew Nono.
David Galán, as charismatic as his father, next to a friend.
Francisco Gallardo and Maribel Rodríguez next to Pepe, Gemma and Curro Santiago.
Manolo, Lidia, Patri, Paco and little Mateo.
Paco Rayo, Pepe Valenzuela and his daughter Carmen.
Don José Ríos, who celebrated his 92nd birthday this summer at an amazing party, next to Rafael SánchezPalencia and Gabriel Carreño.
Matías Fernández next to Javier Carnero and his wife Patricia Alba.
From left to right, José Manuel Gómez, Juan Carlos Narbona, David Fernández, José Sánchez and Javier Cabrera.
From left to right, Rafael Ruiz, Luis López de Uralde, Carlos Morales de la Puerta and Juan López-Ayala.
Lely Rivera and Antonio Bernabel.
Councilor José Sánchez, next to the business owners Daniel Lupión and Roberto Martín.
Ana Barbancho, so pretty dressed as a flamenca, next to her son José Manuel.
From left to right, Javi Gómez, Óscar Moyano, Flores Morillo, Vanesa Castro and Vanessa Prieto.
From left to right, Mª Jesús Blázquez, Mª Teresa Segorbe, Carmina Martín, Alfonso Gallego, Mª Carmen García, Miguel Ángel Adrián, Manuela Roldán and Anunciata Martín.
Lucía Real and Miguel Ángel Alconchel, the trendiest couple.
Elena Gaspar and Juan Antonio Espinosa, thank you for visiting us at the Caseta de los Caballistas, we always love to see you.
Jesús Luna on a stroll on his hitch, with his friend Salvador Martín and his daughter Elena, as well as Manuel Peña, Noelia Benítez and Marina Lozano.
Carmen Sáenz de Tejada and Trinidad Cortés. So cheerful. Long live happiness!
Bullfighter José Antonio Canales Rivera posed with a copy of our magazine next to Sergio Ruiz, our bullfighter from Fuengirola.
Natural beauty. Inmaculada and Ángeles Mancebo with her daughter, almost a grown-up woman.
Paqui Jaime, always stunning.
Curro Toro. Good people.
Inmaculada Ruiz and Irene Vega.
Luis Blanco with his son José Manuel and his grandson Elsa next to Cristóbal Belmonte.
Such a cute picture of Carmen Sáenz de Tejada and Hugo Ruiz, wife and husband.
Designer Melisa Lozano wearing her firm’s earrings. So chic!
Designer Mª Jesús Márquez next to her beautiful homonymous daughter.
Guillermina Quesada next to her husband Gonzalo.
Falele Morillo and the painter Manuel Escalona.
Lourdes with little Alconchel.
Laura García, José Manuel Blanco, Pedro Cuadrado and Mª Carmen Moriana.
El Nano de Jerez was exultant on the stage. Pure art.
Leticia, stunning, with Ginés and their baby.
Horsewoman Lucía Real, so beautiful.
José María Ruiz and Raquel Cárdenas.
Carlos Jiménez and Rocío Ramírez.
Our friends from Marbella. Editor and manager of Marbella y San Pedro Información, Carmen Martín, with her daughters María and Carmen next to Rafa, Trinidad and Mercedes.
Don José Ríos accompanied by his daughter Carmen.
Rocío Cortés with her first-born on the hitch next to doña Mercedes Peregrín and doña Regina Márquez.
Ana Mª Cano, sisters Angus and Victoria de la Cámara, the loving hug of Charo Lobato and Kika Hoces, next to Almudena Gutiérrez.
The best friends, Rafa and Izan.
Two flamencas chatting.
The film director and screenwriter Álvaro Díaz posed for our magazine with Manolo Alcalá.
José Luis García with his unique daughter Paqui.
Quino Rodríguez, Pablo Gómez, Manuel Batista, Javi Serrano and Manuel Batista Jr.
Quino Rodríguez, Pablo Gómez, Manuel Batista, Javi Serrano and Manuel Batista Jr.
Antonio Checa, Belén Rodríguez, Raquel Carmona, Laura López and Marco del Cid. Fashionable people!
Benito, Mariló and their daughter Anabel. An extraordinary family.
Juan Manuel Mora, Rosa and Miguel Cabano.
Esther and Luis with their sons, Luis and Gonzalo.
Hugo with his homonymous son and Feliciano at the door of the Caseta de los Caballistas.
Mercedes Sánchez Palencia as a horsewoman next to her father Rafael.
María Auxiliadora School principal, Inmaculada Gámez, a strong woman, charming next to her husband, her mother and her daughter.
Carmen Sibaja, Sergio Ruiz, Juan Lucena and Marta Jiménez.
Our favorite gang. Lola, Raquel, Benito, Paqui and Toñi. Cheers to you!
Danger in the condominium! Santiago Pichardo and Jorge Fernández.
Beatriz Hernández and Jesús Fernández with their son Nachete. Love is in the air!
From left to right, Manolo Alconchel, Carlos Moreno and the tireless Pepe Leal and Manuel Rodríguez “Litri”. Forever young!
José Manuel Sánchez-Palencia, Curro Toro, Ana Barbancho and the beautiful and Young María.
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