Spain's leading bull breeder, Juan Pedro Domecq killed in a traffic accident

Juan Pedro Domecq, one of Spain’s most important breeders of fighting bulls, has died in a traffic accident which took place in Higuera de la Sierra on Monday morning, when his car crashed head-on into a lorry on the A-433 road close to his Lo Álvaro finca in Sevilla.

The 69 year old inherited from his father the breeding estate which his grandfather, Juan Pedro Domecq y Núñez de Villavicencio had founded in 1939. It became one of the most important in Spain under the control of this great aficionado of bullfighting.

Juan Pedro Domecq never entered the ring as a bullfighter, but until just a few years ago would often try out his skills in the training rings on his estate.

He was also a skilled horseman and the author of the book published in 2010 ‘Del toreo a la bravura’ – ‘From bullfighting to fighting spirit’.