Maybe
the family or relatives of lady cockers are against to their new found hobby;
for they believed that cockfighting is not suited for a lady. They also
believed that this is just a form of gambling and a cruelty to animals. There’s
nothing new about that kind of arguments. Even some male cockfighters were also
persecuted by their family until they convinced them that our sport has many
positive aspects. It gives opportunities to many people by providing a livelihood.
Every
lady who involves in cockfighting has different stories how they entered in
gamefowl industry. The famous lady cocker Josefina “Osang” Dela Cruz of
Goldquest Gamefarm was introduced to cockfighting because of her husband who is
also a cocker until Osang became more active in joining derbies than her
husband. While the adorable lady gaffer Robie Yu Panis, farm manager of
Firebird Gamefarm, owned by Biboy Enriquez was a former hotel receptionist in
Sulo Hotel. The hotel was formerly owned by Biboy. He recruited Robie to be
a receptionist in his farm until she was promoted to a higher position. Now,
Robie is one of the interesting personalities in the Philippine cockfighting scene
and she is considering as a Princess of Gaff. Because of her popularity she was
featured several times in magazines and television programs. But before this,
she doesn’t have any idea what is cockfighting all about. But through his
connection with Biboy her world became really different. She discovered that
gamefowl industry is really beautiful; very far away from the bad description
of the critics of our sports.
Osang
and Robie proved us that if men could be a cocker; they could be like them
also. There’s nothing difference between male and female cockers in terms of
abilities. The only difference is about gender. But it doesn’t matter in
cockfighting because whoever you are, you are very welcome to join with this
fantastic sport. Yes, even the members of third sex are also welcome here. We
always encounter them every time when we are in a cockpit. It only means that
cockfighters are real gentleman because there is no discrimination inside our
circles. All we want is everybody could enjoy also our sport!
