picador
Sign in to save250px|thumbnail|Picador in Mexico corralling with a bull, 2010. thumb|A pair of picadors en la Santamaría Bullring|Santa María de Bogotá, 2018. A picador (; pl. picadores) is one of the pair of horse-mounted bullfighters in a Spanish-style bullfight that jab the bull with a lance. They perform in the tercio de varas, which is the first of the three stages in a stylized bullfight.
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250px|thumbnail|Picador in Mexico corralling with a bull, 2010. thumb|A pair of picadors en la Santamaría Bullring|Santa María de Bogotá, 2018. A picador (; pl. picadores) is one of the pair of horse-mounted bullfighters in a Spanish-style bullfight that jab the bull with a lance. They perform in the tercio de varas, which is the first of the three stages in a stylized bullfight.
== Function ==
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