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Purebred dogs vie for US crown
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From toy-sized Brussels Griffons to 180-pound Irish Wolfhounds, hundreds of purebred dogs kicked off the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York on Monday, putting their best paws forward in hopes of advancing toward the gold.
Some 2,700 dogs from more than a dozen countries have entered the two-day competition, one of the world’s most prestigious events for pedigree breeders. Now in its 140th year, the show is the second-longest continuously running sporting event in the United States after the Kentucky Derby.
“To compete at Westminster is like a dream,” said handler Jason Lynn, who traveled from Blackpool, England, to show a four-year-old standard poodle named Ricky.
Ricky, who sprawled across a grooming table backstage as revelers took photographs, bested 20,000 dogs as winner of the 2014 Crufts show in Birmingham, the world’s largest dog show. But he did not advance to Westminster’s final round.
By the end of the competition’s first day, only four canines were selected to compete for the ultimate title of Best in Show, at the competition’s finale at Madison Square Garden.
“I’m almost having a heart attack,” said Mai Ozeki, whose four-year-old borzoi, called Lucy, made the cut.
Lucy, from Chiba, Japan, will be joined by a Shih Tzu called Panda; a bulldog called Annabelle and a German shepherd called Rumor.
Nearly 200 breeds and varieties were eligible for this year’s competition. As usual, Labrador retrievers and golden retrievers have the most entries, with 51 and 50 contestants respectively.
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