Santa Gertrudis

His father was a foreman in charge of the King Ranch’s renowned Santa Gertrudis cattle and, in earlier years, had taken part in gunfights with suspected bandits.

Sam Upchurch’s late parents built the ranch into a nationally recognized operation raising Santa Gertrudis cattle.

Inland, at Santa Gertrudis de Fruitera, we arrive to partake in a long, joyful Sunday lunch among local families crowding the terrace tables set up outside on the street.

The reports said Nieto struck his head when he was flung from his bike after it was hit from behind on the Santa Gertrudis main road.

Selling up is made all the harder by the fact it means the end of the continuous bloodline of Santa Gertrudis bulls and calves imported years ago by her father-in-law, Viv Button.