He debuted with horses in Ronda on 30 April 1987, with the bull "Ambiciones" of Manolo González accompanied by Julio Aparicio and Finito de Córdoba, cutting two ears.

He received the alternativa in Nîmes, France, on 21 September 1990, with José Mari Manzanares as godfather and Emilio Muñoz as witness, with the bull "Correcostas" of González Sánchez-Dalp.

His presentation in Las Ventas was on 25 May 1992, where the godfather was José Ortega Cano and witness Julio César Rincón, with the bull "Malahierba" of the Marquis of Docmecq.

In the opinion of the experts, this saturation of bullfights clearly harmed his style (although it made him immensely rich), turning it cold and detached.

In the season of 2001 he reappeared in the Plaza de Olivenza (Province of Badajoz, Spain), with the intention of fighting fewer bulls, recovering the good feelings of his time as a bullfighter.

In January 2003 the City Council of Ubrique awarded him the medal of the town in the gold category for having made the name of his hometown famous throughout the bullfighting world.

In November 2001 he celebrated his engagement to María José Campanario Torres (b. Barcelona, 28 May 1979), whom he married on 27 July 2002 in Sanlúcar la Mayor.