Famous Cockfighters

Mr. Leandro "Biboy" Enriquez

Firebird Game Farm is home to Mr. Leandro “Biboy” Enriquez’ famous game birds. It is a vast 19.7 – hectare property situated in the mountainous province of Tanay, Rizal 54 km. from center of Metro Manila passing through Antipolo City. It produces approximately 2,500 stags and 1,200 pullets every year.

Biboy recalls his earliest experience with chickens: “My first experience with chickens happened when I was nine years old. No one in my family took up the sport but the chickens my mother kept for her catering business were often a source of curiosity. I would often separate the kingly ones and make them fight with each other. By the time I was eleven, I already owned a “Talisain”, he recalled. “It was finally brought to a local cockpit and won my first win ever. Then in my teens, I started a bit of backyard breeding and taking weekend trips to La Loma cockpit mainly out of interest.”

In the year 1969, with what started out as hobby, he produced 50 to 60 birds that eventually increased in number annually. He decided to transfer to a one hectare vacated piggery property, which belonged to his parents in 1971. There he raised over a hundred stags. In the late 70's when his production increased to 200 each year, he moved to a bigger farm that he used to lease in Antipolo, there he stayed for more than 14 years before transferring to his present farm in Tanay.

The farm is open to public and a subject of admiration not only by local aficionados but international cockers as well. Known American breeders from Alabama, Oklahoma, Louisiana and California have nice words to say whenever they visit the farm. The last couple of years have been busy for breeding. Biboy has decided to concentrate on developing and propagating top quality firebird bloodlines to compete in big-time cockfighting, not just for his benefit, but for other cockers as well. Yes, since last year, he has been sharing his prized game birds to those who are seriously into the game.

Firebird Gamefarm Awards

Paranaque Cockpit Stadium January 22, 1983 March 7, 1983 January 30, 1984 March 2, 1984 May 10, 1984 July 5, 1984 Mabag December, 1992               Mabag Firebird Firebird Firebird Firebird Firebird Firebird Co-champion Christmas Derby December, 1992 World Slasher Champion 8 Cock January 17, 19, & 21 1994 World Slasher Champion January 1996 Inaugural 3 Cock Derby, Binangonan April 15, 2000 Araneta Col. NCA 7 Stag October 15 & 17 2001 International Derby UCAP 9 Cock Champion June 4, 6 & 8 2002 Flyover 2002 5 Cock Derby Champion May 23, 2002

NCA Mkt. Col. 7 Stag September 20 & 22 2005 Meralco Derby Champion March 3, 2007 Cocker of the Year 2007 PCAP PCAP 5 Cock Mkt. Col. May 7, 2007 PCAP 5 Cock Derby Mkt. Col. June 4 & 18- July 7, 2007 3rd leg 5 Cock Mkt. Col. Champion February 11, 2008 3 Cock Derby Tanay Col. February 13, 2008 3 Cock Derby Cainta Col. May 5, 2008 3 Cock Derby Batangas, Malvar Col.

Nene Abello

Nene Abello recounts how he developed his brood of prize-winning fighters: During the late 1980s, Gene Brown and Carol Nesmith were fighting under Oak Grove and were dominating the major competitions around the US. Their fowl were half Sweater and half Ray Hoskins yellow-legged hatch. When the partnership fell apart I acquired both Sweater families, finding them more suitable for Philippine fighting. These sweaters were owned by Carol Nesmith derived from lines that came from Harold Brown. Mr. Brown preferred the green-legged side and eventually lost the yellow legged color. Prior to this I was an associate and friend of Ray Alexander who had a superior of Round Head chickens. I bred these Round Heads with the Sweaters with unbelievable success. Then realizing that we had to be stronger and longer lasting than the competition I bred a family of Hatch chickens containing some Harold Brown blood. This cross seemed to awaken superior genes which were otherwise dormant. When my brother and my son were living in the Dallas, Fort Worth area I was a constant visitor of Ray Hoskins. I had acquired some of his Yellow-Legged blood and also put them together and I was getting closer to the original blood that Sweater McGuiness had won with back in the day. With our breed of Sweater chickens we won in major competitions like the World Slasher International where we were champion in 1995 and 1998; Runner-Up in 1996, as well as the Iloilo Candelaria Derby (one of the most prestigious fights outside of Metro Manila) where we had 7 straight wins in 2002 and 2003. Our prize-winning game fowls are available for sale throughout the Philippines and Malaysia with inquiries coming from Mexico, Africa and the Middle East.