The story appears on

Page B4

February 16, 2014

GET this page in PDF

Free for subscribers

View shopping cart

Related News

HomeSundayThe Week

New York - Wire fox terrier 鈥楽ky鈥 best in show at Westminster

The bloodhound drew the loudest cheers. The Portie came with presidential connections. A little wire fox terrier called Sky stood in their way.

The 5-year-old Sky won best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club on Tuesday night, finishing off a season in which she was ranked America’s No. 1 dog.

Handler Gabriel Rangel scooped up Sky in one arm after she was picked as America’s top dog. He kissed judge Betty Regina Leininger’s hand as the title was awarded inside a nearly full Madison Square Garden.

“Her personality is she loves to kiss people and she connects with everybody,” Rangel said.

This was Sky’s 129th best in show ribbon overall — she became a Triple Crown winner in dogdom, having previously taken the National Dog Show and the AKC Eukanuba event.

And it was the 14th time a wire fox terrier has won at Westminster. No other breed has won more than eight. The winner with the ginger-and-white coat and terrier goatee beat out an impressive lineup. “She has the ‘it’ factor. She owned this night,” Leininger said.

The standard poodle named Ally was runner-up.


 

Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.

娌叕缃戝畨澶 31010602000204鍙

Email this to your friend