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Crufts 2018 • Main Topic
CRUFTS’ RECoRd International Junior
Handling Finals
bREAKIng
Crufts 127. March 08- Marina Besedina /Russia/ Photo by HOTdog
11, 2018 Birmingham,
UK
Writes Vince Hogan
Another record breaking
Crufts took place at the
NEC Birmingham with a
gate increase on last year
that meant 166,000 people
attended the world’s most
famous dog show and saw
a whippet called Tease top
the huge entry.

The attendance figure this
year was up from 162,065
last year (3% up on previ-
ous year) and another re-
cord gate showed the ever
growing popularity of an
event involving man’s best
friend. After four packed
days, a new Crufts Best
in Show winner was been
crowned as Ch Collooney
Tartan Tease, a Whippet
bitch took home the cov-
eted title.
In a packed arena,
Tease, who is two and a
half years old and owner
Yvette Short from Edin-
burgh, were cheered on as
they were chosen by well
known judge, Jill Peak who
had in fact just returned
from judging in Mexico a
few days earlier. The his-
toric moment was captured
live on Channel 4 and
watched online around the
world by millions. The only
down side of live TV was
that it attracted protes-
tors yet again as the finale
was dogged by two animal
rights people who tried to
make a point before being CRUFTS’ RECORD BREAKING
wrestled to the floor by a
posse of security guards. One feature of the big shows nowadays is the at-
tention correctly given to the future of our sport. In
Thankfully order was soon
restored as the German the form of international junior handling, this year
boss of Spectrum Brands judged at Crufts by ex junior handler and current
Matthias Schiller was cen- judge and exhibitor, Yiannis Vlachos from Greece.
tre stage making the final
• Vince Hogan
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