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Sage, a miniature poodle, competes with handler Kaz Hosaka in the best in show competition during the 148th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Miniature poodle named Sage wins Westminster Kennel Club dog show

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Sage, a miniature poodle, competes with handler Kaz Hosaka in the best in show competition during the 148th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Miniature poodle named Sage wins best in show at Westminster Kennel Club

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Fans watch Rumor, a German shepherd who later won Best In Show, compete at the 141st Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in New York. To the casual viewer, competing at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show might look as simple as getting a dog, grooming it and leading it around a ring. But there's a lot more to getting to and exhibiting in the United States' most prestigious canine event. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Dog Show 101: What’s what at the Westminster Kennel Club

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Best in show judge, Dr. Don Sturz, standing at center, is shown at the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. The Westminster Kennel Club dog show is moving next year to a new venue: the home of the U.S. Open tennis tournament. The kennel club announced Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, that canine champs will take over the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on May 6, 8 and 9 (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Canines, anyone? Westminster dog show heads to tennis center

By Jennifer Petz - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, file photo, Siba, a standard poodle, competes for Best in Show during 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York. America's top dogs won't have fans at this year's Westminster Kennel Club dog show. The club announced Monday, March 29, 2021, that spectators and vendors won't be allowed this year because of coronavirus limitations. It's the latest in a series of pandemic shakeups to the nation's most prestigious canine competition, which will be held June 12-13 and has moved from New York City's Hudson River piers and Madison Square Garden to an outdoor setting 25 miles north of Manhattan. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Westminster dog show to return to NYC in January 2022

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Westminster dog show won’t have spectators due to virus

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Tuesday Sports in Brief

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In this undated photo provided by Cassandra Carpenter, handler Cassandra Carpenter poses with Titus, a bullmastiff. Cassandra says Titus was bitten by a snake on his back left leg in March 2019 in North Carolina. Titus went through extensive treatment and recovery and still has a scar from the episode. He is entered in the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York. (Amber Jade via AP)

The Latest: A standard poodle wins Westminster best in show

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Azawakhs compete at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in New York. The Azawakh is a new breed to the Westminster show this year. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

The Latest: Conrad the Sheltie makes Westminster final ring

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Primadonna, a grand champion Nederlandse kooikerhondje, sticks close to handler Deborah Bean at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in New York. The Nederlandse kooikerhondje are one of two new breeds at Westminster this year, and also perhaps the most shy. Unlike the gregarious labs or curious terriers, the Nederlandse kooikerhondjes almost all stayed hidden away in their crates until it was their turn in the ring. (AP Photo/Jake Seiner)

The Latest: King again! Wire fox terrier wins Westminster

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Monty, an Old English Sheepdog, is groomed ahead of competing at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. He’s known for sleeping on the competition - literally. He fell asleep before a recent show in Canada while getting groomed, then woke up and won the Best in Breed. (AP Photo/Jake Seiner)

The Latest: A schipperke wins Westminster nonsporting group

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FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2018 file photo, Escher, left, and Rhett, center, Nederlandse kooikerhondje, and Juno, right, a grand basset griffon Vendeen, are shown by their handlers during a news conference at the American Kennel Club headquarters in New York. The two breeds are eligible to compete in the Westminster Kennel Club dog show for the first time in 2019. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Kooiker-huh? An intro to Westminster dog show’s new breeds

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

In this Feb. 16, 2015 file photo, a French bulldog competes at the Westminster Kennel Club show in New York. The French bulldog has bolted from 76th to fourth in just 20 years. It previously peaked at sixth in the 1910s and again in 2015-2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Labs still lead but French bulldogs leap in popularity in U.S.

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

A Siberian husky competes during the 142nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The Latest: Bichon frise wins best in show at Westminster

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A keeshond sits on a grooming table before competing at the Westminster Kennel Club in New York. The nation’s top dog show attracts almost 2,900 dogs to New York, where judging started on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018.(AP Photo/Ben Walker).

The Latest: Slick show for border collie at Westminster

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Tommee, a golden retriever, competes in the Masters Agility Championship during the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Border collie Fame(US) wins Westminster agility contest

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2016, file photo, Rumor, a German shepherd, and Kent Boyles take a lap around the ring during the best in show competition at the 140th Westminster Kennel Club dog show at Madison Square Garden in New York. CJ, a German shorthaired pointer, won best in show. Rumor, who just missed winning at the Westminster Kennel Club in 2016, came back to score a big victory Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, beating out favored Preston the puli in the herding group. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Rumor the German shepherd wins best in show at Westminster

By BEN WALKER - Associated Press

Sky, a wire fox terrier, is held as his handler Gabriel Rangel kisses the hand of judge Betty Regina Leininger after winning best of show during the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Wire fox terrier wins best in show at Westminster

By BEN WALKER - Associated Press

Sky, a wire fox terrier, enters the ring during the best in show competition at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York on Tuesday. Sky won best in show. Breeders and canine enthusiasts will be watching to see if Sky's win boosts the breed's popularity. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Westminster Dog Show win can boost popularity of breeds

By Meghan Drake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 23, 2008, file photo, Sydney Perry, daughter of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, holds Uno, winner of the Westminister Kennel Club's best in show, during a meeting in the governor's office in Austin, Texas. Now home on the range in Texas, far from the rings that made him famous, Uno is still living up to his name as No. 1. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File)

Years later, Uno still ranks No. 1 at Westminster

By BEN WALKER - Associated Press