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I Think I’m Going To Like It Mark Dunn and Michael Canalizo /USA/
Here, a female Whippet known
AKC National Championship as “Lizzie,” selected after
some deliberation by AKC CEO
Dennis Sprung, and long-time
judges Edd Bivin and Elliott
Weiss.)

• Who Were the Other
Contenders?

Back in the main ring, Re-
serve Best in Show was award-
ed to Silver Grand Champion
Sammantic Querida, a Ger-
man-bred Samoyed who none-
theless goes by the Spanish
nickname “Querida”; she is
owned and bred by Barbara
Bruns and Wolfgang Stamp.

The other five contend-
ers in the Best in Show ring
were “Kevin” the Weimaraner
(Silver Grand Champion Nani
Breica N Crosswinds Aloha);
“Isaac” the Norwich Terrier
(Gold Grand Champion Ros-
erock’s My Eyes Adored You);
“Biggie” the Pug (Platinum
Grand Champion Hill Country’s
Puttin’ On The Ritz); “Prince-
ton” the French Bulldog (Plati-
num Grand Champion Le Petit
Prince De La Bete) and “Slick”
the Border Collie (Platinum 2
Grand Champion Majestic Elite
Clever Endeavor PT).

• Beyond Best in Show

While the Whiskey-laced Best
in Show was the highlight of
this year’s AKC gathering, its
other conformation competi-
tions drew plenty of attention,
too. In Junior Showmanship,
for handlers from nine to 18
years old, Mary Claire Ctibor
with her Irish Setter Silver
Grand Champion Beaubriar’s
Best Kept Secret earned not
just the Best Junior Handler
ribbon, but also a $2,000
scholarship. Best in Miscel-
laneous Group, in which the
AKC’s on-the-cusp-of-recogni-
tion breeds compete, went to
Starfire’s B’ Anya, who is an
Azawakh, a gothic Sighthound
breed with mega-elongated
proportions: Think of a suit-
case set on its short side.

Some of the competitions at
the AKC National Champion-
ship celebrate team efforts.

Results • AKC National Championship ‘18