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Old May 2nd, 2010 | 05:50 PM
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Bullfighting "steers"?

We have tickets for Las Ventas May 17th . which was advertised as a bullfight. Now when I look at the schedule it shows "steers" instead of bulls. What does this mean?
I really do not want to stir up another huge discussion of the morality of this. I just want to know if this is a real bullfight.
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Old May 2nd, 2010 | 07:06 PM
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The bullfight on May 17th, during San Isidro, is a corrida de novillos, with the young bulls (under 4 years of age) of José Joaquín Moreno Silva of Córdoba. Fighting will be Paco Chaves, Miguel Hidalgo & Antonio Rosales.
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Old May 2nd, 2010 | 07:30 PM
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Steers are castrated bulls. In younger cattle, it can also refer to young bulls, as Robert mentions. Unless required for breeding, bull calves are generally castrated when they are a few months old.
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Old May 3rd, 2010 | 01:17 AM
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This is a corrida with young bulls (as robert correctly says) which are not (repeat, NOT) castrated, and it'll be the same as a corrida.
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Old May 3rd, 2010 | 09:14 AM
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I didn't check their weights, but they could be very fast on their feet, which makes them very dangerous.
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