What happens in a bullfight if the bull wins?

I do not think you are correct Derek. Here is a quote from a post I wrote after a visit to a bull raising reserve ... "... read more

Bullfighting is meant to be an UNEVEN, BEAUTIFUL TRAGEDY. You are supposed to be moved by the artistic moves of the matador, and by the death of a noble, brave, beautiful animal. It is supposed to bring you some sort of emotional catharsis. The bull can never win, unless the audience specifically does not ask for it. read more

A restaurant ad from the program of a bullfight at Madrid's bullring, Las Ventas, suggested an answer: A Madrid eatery, Casa Toribio, vaunted its "rabo de toro de lidia" — a stew made of the tails of fighting bulls — and noted that the tails, or some of them, came from the famed bullring. read more