Here’s one bull that came out on top in the end.

A bullfighter’s apprentice was savagely gored in the butt in Madrid on Sunday.

Rafael Cerro, a rising star in the sport, was wounded while taking on his first bull of the night at the Las Ventas ring.

Remarkably, the 23-year-old matador, making a comeback after being pierced in the abdomen two months ago, was not badly hurt this time.