TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The Westminster Kennel Club dog show finals are shaping up to be a clash of canine titans. One is Bourbon the whippet. She was the prestigious show’s runner-up last year and and won the huge American Kennel Club National Championship show in December. Another is Wasabi the Pekingese. He was the AKC show’s 2019 winner and is a grandson of Westminster’s 2012 winner. Both trotted Saturday to slots Sunday’s final round, as did a French bulldog named Mathew and an old English sheepdog called Connor. Three more finalists will be selected Sunday night, when they all face off for best in show.
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — A border collie named Verb has zoomed — and not the virtual way — to a second-time win in the Westminster Kennel Club dog show’s agility contest. Verb and handler Perry DeWitt of Wyncote, Pennsylvania, also won the title in 2019. In another repeat win, an Australian cattle dog mix called Plop took a special award for the top mixed-breed dog, with handler Lisa Topol of New York City. Over 300 dogs ran, jumped and weaved in the competition. And for the first time Friday, they could relax afterward by rolling in the grass. The nation’s most prestigious dog show is being held outdoors for the first time in over 140 years.
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