How Horses Are Protected

Bulletproof quilt weighing 120 pounds is strapped on the horse, saves him from otherwise bloody goring by charging bull.

Boy ties knot in tail (above) before blindfolded horse is led to arena by picadors (below), whose legs are encased in steel armor.

In fight, horse may be toppled and badly bruised but is rarely gored. Man on fence at right is monosabio, or "wise monkey."