Borja Domecq Solís

Borja Domecq Solís, born Francisco de Borja Domecq y Solís (October 1945 – 23 March 2020)[1][2][3] was a Spanish businessman and breeder of fighting bulls, founder of the Vegahermosa and Jandilla bull ranches.[2][4][5]

Biography

He was born in October 1945 in Pamplona[6] into one of the most prominent families of the cattle and winery lineage Domecq. The son of Juan Pedro Domecq Díez and Matilde Solís Beaumont, grandson of breeder and winemaker Juan Pedro Domecq and Nuñez de Villavicencio forerunner of the Domecq bull ranch, and brother of Fernando and Juan Pedro Domecq, also breeders of fighting bulls, he grew up in Jerez de la Frontera, their parents' place of origin.[5][7]

He was the owner of the Domecq herd located on the farm that the family owns in Vejer de la Frontera (Cadiz), recognized by the family iron star created in 1943.[5] He continued the genetics studies initiated by his father and his uncles Pedro, Salvador and Álvaro Domecq in the 1950s, pioneers in the genetic improvement of the Domecq bulls.[1]

After the bull ranch Zalduendo was created by his brother Fernando, in 1987 he took the direction of part of it from which he formed his own ranch, Jandilla, placing it among leading Spanish bull ranches, announced in most of the most important bullfighting fairs for more than thirty years. In 2016 he handed over the management to his son Borja Domecq Nogera.[4][2][8][7][9]

In 2002, he created a second bull ranch, Vegahermosa, with genetics from Domecq bulls.[1] From 2011 to 2017 he was part of the board of directors of the Unión de Criadores de Toros de Lidia,[10][11][12] as well as the promoter and the President of Fedelidia, a federation that includes the five breeder associations dedicated to the production of meat from fighting bull of autochthonous breed, a certificate of traceability granted by the Ministry of Agriculture in Royal Decree 505/2013 of June 25, which includes more than a thousand cattle ranches.[13][14][15][16]

Personal life

Domecq was married to Fátima Noguera Espinosa, from whose marriage he had two children, Borja and Fátima.[7]

In 2009, while attending the awards ceremony of the Extremadura Bullfighting Federation, he suffered acute pulmonary edema, for which he was admitted to the ICU of the local hospital.[17][18]

He died on 23 March 2020 at age 74 in the General Hospital of Mérida, the day after being admitted, as a consequence of COVID-19, during the pandemic in Spain.[1][2][7]

References
  1. "Muere Borja Domecq, ganadero de Jandilla, por coronavirus". ABC. Madrid. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. "Fallece por coronavirus Borja Domecq, uno de los grandes ganaderos de bravo". La Vanguardia. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. "Muere el ganadero Borja Domecq Solís". Al toro México. México. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  4. "Fallece por coronavirus en Mérida el ganadero Borja Domecq, propietario de Jandilla". Hoy. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  5. "Fallece el ganadero Borja Domecq Solís de una neumonía provocada por el coronavirus". Agro informacion. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  6. Ángel, González Abad (24 March 2020). "La sangre brava de Jandilla: Borja Domecq Solís (1945-2020)".
  7. Jesús, Bayot (23 March 2020). "Fallece a los 75 años por coronavirus Borja Domecq Solís, ganadero de Jandilla". ABC. Seville. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  8. Álvaro R., Del Moral. "Fallece el ganadero Borja Domecq". El Correo Web. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  9. Zabala de la Serna (23 March 2020). "Muere Borja Domecq, ganadero de la emblemática Jandilla, a los 74 años a causa del coronavirus". El Mundo. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  10. "Antonio Bañuelos: "El criterio y el sentido común de Borja Domecq serán difíciles de igualar" - Cultoro". Cultoro. 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  11. "Elegidos los candidatos extremeños para la Unión de Criadores". Hoy. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  12. "La UCTL aprobó sus cuentas anuales y los presupuestos en su Asamblea General". FEAGAS. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  13. "Las virtudes de la carne de lidia, reconocidas con el sello de raza autóctona". ABC. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  14. "La demanda de carne de lidia anima a las ganaderías de reses bravas". Hoy. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  15. Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente (28 June 2013), Real Decreto 505/2013, de 28 de junio, por el que se regula el uso del logotipo "raza autóctona" en los productos de origen animal. (published 24 July 2013), retrieved 24 March 2020
  16. "La UCTL homenajea la trayectoria de Victorino Martín en su Asamblea". FEAGAS. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  17. "El ganadero Borja Domecq ingresa en estado grave en el Hospital de Mérida". Hoy. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  18. "El ganadero Borja Domecq sigue grave en la UCI pero no se teme por su vida". La Información. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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