Again, the Peruvian has a couple of assets and some defects
Finally there was a derby in the Philippines exclusively for Peruvian or Peruvian graded game cocks. After watching a total of 43 fights, my opinion on these roosters from Peru did not change. The Peruvian has a couple of assets and lots of weaknesses.
I am a member of a group of Peruvian breeders in the Philippines. I am associated with a champion Peruvian breeder but I am not among the fanatics of these giant game fowl from Peru. I am not a Peruvian basher either. I look at the Peruvian as just one of the many bloodlines of chickens that can serve a purpose.
The aseel and other orientals have their purpose. Likewise the American game. Even the Cornish crosses and leghorns have their purpose. The Peruvian is designed to fight under the Peruvian rules. Under our rules they are disadvantaged. It was clear to the more discerning among the spectators of the first Peruvian derby in the Philippines held in Cebu Feb 25, 2016.
I will continue breeding the Peruvian, as blends, because to me it will serve a big purpose. Because I am aware of its strengths, I can try to incorporate them with my bloodlines. And since, I am wary of its weaknesses, I can avoid these weaknesses from entering the RB Sugbo gene pool.
Also the Peruvian derby supported my contention that there are just Peruvians and there are good Peruvians. The champions, Jayson Garces and Richard Magat showed better fowls than the others. As well as runner up Armor John. They proved that the Peruvian in the hands of competent breeders could be dangerous.
Jayson’s roosters were clearly better conditioned. They also enjoy home court advantage. The Armor John team deserves some kudos. They came from Laguna, arrived 48 hours before the start of the fights. All the time they stayed at an air-con cock house inside the coliseum without benefit of open ground (The venue has a good ground for roosters), yet their roosters performed well, some against much heavier opponents. We all know that it is not easy to handle air-conditioning if you do not know it well.
So in the cases of Jayson, and the Armor John team they had the advantage of conditioning method over most of the other participants, of whom some were not fighting often in our regular derbies.
The co-champion Richard Magat and a few other participants enjoyed advantage in quality of stock. The case of Jerry Uy was a heartbreaker. His roosters belong to the “better Peruvian” class. They simply were out of luck. Ed Jaraba too showed excellent Peruvians. Likewise Guidmar Magdadaro. The Ragamak entries were matched against the “big boys,” yet they displayed flashes of brilliance.
Quality of stock is very important. Peruvian bashers who are out there laughing at the Peruvians they saw during the first Peruvian derby, may take note that the roosters fought were mostly out of the earlier Peruvian materials that arrived in the Philippines. These materials came from breeders based in USA (not American breeders) who just happened to breed just any Peruvian and have not even fought a single fight in Peru.
There are much better Peruvian breeding materials now in the Philippines. Maybe in three or four years’ time we can witness the real Peruvians out of materials that came from good Peruvian breeders such as Rafael Bazan and others.
By the way, RB Sugbo did not have an entry in the event. As the one who drafted the rules and chairman of the derby committee I was, in the name of fairness, disqualified from joining.
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Rey Bajenting at the ringside covering for his blog the 1st Peruvian President's Cup held at Talisay Tourists Sports Complex in Cebu on February 25, 2017.
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