"At Crufts in 2011, Jilly was reserve to Best in Show winner Sh Ch. Vbos The Kentuckian, a Flat-Coated Retriever. The following year, Jilly was awarded second in the hound group. In 2013, Jilly entered Crufts once again, along with 20,000 dogs. She was awarded Best of Breed and Best in Group for Hounds, qualifying her for the Best in Show round. On 10 March, Jilly competed against six other dogs – a Skye Terrier, a Tibetan Terrier, a King Charles Spaniel, a Labrador Retriever, a Bernese Mountain Dog and an Australian Shepherd – in the final. After watching their"
"of Best in Show at Crufts. Judge Derek Smith gave his verdict and awarded the title to Burneze Geordie Girl, with a Whippet named as the reserve Best in Show. The other five competitors were a German Spitz (Klein), a Pekingese, a Border Collie, a Bouvier des Flandres and a Gordon Setter. This was the first time in 26 years that the show had been won by a West Highland White Terrier. Burns said ""I can’t believe it, it was amazing. She is a typical terrier, a bit of a tomboy, very independent and fun to be around."" Burneze Geordie"
"Best in Show. The Pekingese would go on to win the event in the following year. He was the first foreign dog to win Crufts, Topscore Contradiction was entered and also the undocked dog from a traditionally docked breed, having won the competition a year before it became illegal to dock a dog in the UK. One of his owners, Kari Glenna said of the win, ""I don't believe it. I am very excited and very nervous. He is just a family pet, not a show dog. I never expected this."" The Best in Show judge, Pamela Cross, called him"
"that year. She has been awarded 24 CCs At Crufts in 2011, she won Best of Breed and went on to place reserve in the Utility Group to the Standard Poodle Ch. Vicmars Rave on JW. Elizabeth entered Crufts in 2012, along with 21,000 other dogs. She won the Lhasa Apso Best of Breed title and moved on to take the Utility Group, qualifying her for the Best in Show round. Elizabeth lined up in the final against a Newfoundland, a Pomeranian, an Irish Water Spaniel, an Old English Sheepdog and a Norwich Terrier. She defeated the other six dogs"
"they then compete against the others in their Group (in the UK, there are seven Groups: Toys, Gundogs, Utility, Hounds, Working, Pastoral, and Terriers) to find the ""Best in Group"". The seven Group winners then compete to find the ""Best in Show"" and ""Reserve Best in Show"". Best in Show winners receive a replica of the solid silver Keddall Memorial Trophy, and a small cash prize of £100. The English Cocker Spaniel is the most successful breed at Crufts, having been awarded Best In Show seven times, and the Gundog Group is the most successful group, having produced 23 Best"
"in Show, the runner up in the final was a Wire Fox Terrier named Ch. Travella Show Stopper, with the other breeds who had qualified from winning their groups were an Alaskan Malamute, a Bloodhound, a Maltese, a Flat Coated Retriever and a Bearded Collie, and was judged by Zena Thorn-Andrews. Owner John Shaw said of the victory, ""It is unbelievable. This dog has done so well. It is the biggest accolade you could wish for. We may think about retiring him now because there is nothing left to do."" Claire Balding was the presenter of the Cruft's coverage for"
"annual show. From 1968 onwards it was awarded for the Best Limit Dog or Bitch, and since 2009 it has been given to the Best Puppy in Show. In retirement he moved to ""Ware Cottage"", in Maple Cross, Hertfordshire near Rickmansworth. He died on 26 January 1963. His daughter, Jennifer Lloyd Carey, like her father and grandfather became a breeder of English Cocker Spaniels. At the age of 11 in 1948 she attended Crufts for the first time at the show where H.S. Lloyd's Tracey Witch of Ware won Best in Show. As of 2011, she became the longest-running Crufts"
"past Best of Breed winners and an Australian Shepherd which had been shipped from Europe specifically to take part in the show. Ch. Lansdown Sunflower, the Greyhound runner-up from the previous year, and Best in Show at forty nine other mixed breed shows, was amongst those competing for the title. Eight dogs remained after the first cut, including both Barkentine and another Airedale, who were judged together. Other dogs still in which a chance included a Chow Chow named Li Ping Tow and the German Shepherd Dog Dolf von Dusternbrook. The Scottish Terrier Jeannie Deans was eliminated from contention after"
"2011, at the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, 5-year-old ""GCH Foxcliffe Hickory Wind"" became the first of her breed (Scottish Deerhound) to capture the Best in Show award. The oldest dog to win Best in Show was a Sussex Spaniel named ""Ch. Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee"" (a.k.a. Stump), at 10 years of age in 2009. The youngest dog to win was a Rough Collie named ""Laund Loyalty of Bellhaven"", at 9 months old in 1929. One dog, a Smooth Fox Terrier named ""Ch. Warren Remedy"" won Best in Show three times (1907–1909), and six other dogs have won"
"in 2010, he broke the record for most best in show victories at all breed championship shows. The record had previously stood for eighty years since the 1930s when previous Crufts winner Scottish Terrier Ch. Heather Necessity held the record at 16 victories. A Wire Fox Terrier, Ch Travella Striking Steel, (whose pet name is Oliver), became the new record holder after securing his nineteenth best in show award at Driffield championship show in September 2014. His show record in the UK has resulted in him being Top Dog all breeds UK in the Dog World (newspaper) / Pedigree Petfoods"
"Sydney, Australia. His sire was Australia Grand Champion Hubertus Dealers Choice, and dam was Aust. Ch Hungargunn Unforgettable. He was first brought to the UK from Australia in 2004. Yogi was entered in Crufts in 2009 in the Open Dog category of his breed. He won the class and took both the Best of Breed title and Gun dog group titles. A Sealyham Terrier named Ch. Efbe's Hidalgo At Goodspice went on to win Best in Show with a Standard Poodle taking the reserve prize. The other finalists were a Pharaoh Hound, an Old English Sheepdog, a Boxer and a"
"Lloyd was victorious for his sixth and final time once again with Tracey Witch of Ware. Due to the two periods of suspended competition, Lloyd had won every Best in Show at Crufts between 1938 and 1950. The English Cocker Spaniel remains the most successful breed at Crufts, mainly due to Lloyd's victories – it has only won once more, in 1996 by Sh Ch. Canigou Cambrai. In 1959, he donated a trophy to the Cocker Spaniel Club of Ireland. Called the ""of Ware Cup"", it was awarded between 1959 and 1967 for the Best Limit Dog in the Club's"
"show in April 2014 and afterwards travelled to Peru to be exhibited in South America. Source: Afterglow Maverick Sabre Ch./Am. Ch. Afterglow Maverick Sabre, also known as Ricky, is a black Standard Poodle show dog owned at that time by his handler Jason Lynn together with John and Sandra Stone, who won Best in Show at Crufts in 2014. After the win, Ricky's owners stated he would retire from show ring competitions in the U.K. He has also had a successful career in America. At the time of his Crufts success, Ricky was owned by his handler Jason Lynn in"
"owned or bred 100 UK titleholders from 18 different breeds. Gadsby and Lynn have previously been successful at Crufts, winning Reserve Best in Show in 2009 with another of their Standard Poodles, Afterglow The Big Tease (pet name Donny), who is Ricky's great grandsire and again being awarded Reserve Best in Show at Crufts in 1997 with an American Cocker Spaniel, Sh Ch Boduf Pistols At Dawn with Afterglow (pet name Dexter). Crufts 2014 drew an entry of 21,564 dogs, a five per cent increase on the previous year and the highest number of competitors for four years. Ricky was"
"into Crufts in 2002, the year after British quarantine laws were relaxed and foreign dogs were allowed to enter the competition. Some 21,000 dogs were entered in the competition that year, 343 of which were dogs brought from overseas specifically to enter the competition; mostly brought over from the Netherlands. Handled by Michael Nilson, he competed in the Best in Show round against a Flat-Coated Retriever, a Giant Schnauzer, an Old English Sheepdog, a Saluki, a Wire Fox Terrier and a Pekingese. He was named Best in Show, with the Pekingese dog Ch. Yakee A Dangerous Liaison being named Reserve"
"had been retained by the previous year's winner. Countess Lorna Howe would repeat this in the following two years, taking the title with her Labrador Retriever, Bramshaw Bob. In 1938, Lloyd again won Best in Show at Crufts, this time with his dog Exquisite Model of Ware, and then repeated the victory again in 1939. By the time Crufts was due to take place in 1940, the competition had been suspended due to World War II. The War Office appointed Lloyd as a technical advisor and the head trainer at a school for war dogs during the war, including training"
"winner Luckystar of Ware and Reserve Best in Show winner Whoopee of Ware. Tracey Witch was subsequently purchased by H. S. Lloyd, owner of the ""of Ware"" kennels. Following the Second World War, Cruft's resumed in 1948. At the time there was a Reserve Best in Show named for each of the two days of competition with the winner of the first day going forward to compete once more on the second day. Tracey Witch was named the best of the dogs shown on the second day and faced the Wire Fox Terrier Drakehall Dairymaid for the title of Best"
"by Barbara Worcester's Ch. Elfinbrook Simon in 1962. It took a further 14 years before the breed took its first Best in Show title at Crufts, the UK's major dog show. Ch. Dianthus Buttons, owned by Kath Newstead and Dorothy Taylor, took the title for the breed in 1976. A Westie also won Crufts in 1990 with the Best in Show title going to Derek Tattersall's Ch. Olac Moon Pilot., and in 2016.(Burneze Geordie Girl) The popularity of the breed during the early 20th century was such that dogs were being exchanged for hundreds of guineas. As of 2010, the"
"competitor, having shown dogs at the competition for the first time in 1950. H. S. Lloyd Herbert Summers Lloyd MBE, (1 April 1887 – 26 January 1963), known commonly as H. S. Lloyd, was best known for being a breeder of show English Cocker Spaniels. He remains the most successful breeder/owner at Crufts, having won Best in Show on six occasions in the 1930s and 1940s. Born on 1 April 1887, his father Richard Lloyd was a dog breeder considered to be one of the founding fathers of the English Cocker Spaniel. Once he left school, he became an apprentice"
"world, as declared by ""Guinness World Records"". Crufts consists of several competitions occurring at the same time. The main competition is for the Best in Show award, which is hotly contested by dogs and their owners throughout the world. The Kennel Club was criticised on the BBC programme ""Pedigree Dogs Exposed"" for allowing breed standards, judging standards and breeding practices which are said to compromise the health of purebred dogs. The programme led various sponsors to withdraw. The BBC dropped Crufts 2009 from their coverage after being unable to agree to terms with The Kennel Club. Crufts was named after"
"of the winners at the 11th AKC Humane Fund Awards Award for Canine Excellence (ACE). Rufus died on August 9, 2012, aged 12 years. Rocky Top's Sundance Kid Ch. Rocky Top's Sundance Kid (""aka: ""Rufus"""") (April 8, 2000 – August 9, 2012) was a Bull Terrier who is best known for being the 2006 Best In Show winner at the Westminster Dog Showhandled by Kathy Kirk PHA. He is the first Colored Bull Terrier to win Best in Show at Westminster, with the only other victory for his breed going to a White Bull Terrier in 1918. He also won"
"Hound Group. Vbos The Kentuckian Sh Ch. Vbos the Kentuckian (30 August 2001 - 3 June 2013), also known as Jet, was a Flat-Coated Retriever show dog bred and handled by Jim Irvine who won Best in Show at Crufts in 2011. He was descended from the 1980 Best in Show winner, Ch. Shargleam Blackcap, and placed Best in Show at several other shows around the UK including the Gundog Society of Wales and the National Gundog Association. Bred by his owner Jim Irvine from South Queensferry, Edinburgh in Scotland. Jet was line-bred across five generations from Ch. Shargleam Blackcap,"
"in the final to take the title of Best in Show. The title of Reserve Best in Show went to the Newfoundland. Following her victory, she may be retired from conformation shows in the future. Anderson said when questioned about entering Elizabeth in further competitions, ""To take her out again to be beaten seems silly somehow"". The media response linked Elizabeth's victory with the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, with Paul Calahan of ""The Independent"" describing it as ""Fittingly in a Diamond Jubilee year"". Following her Crufts win, Elizabeth had a single puppy from her sole litter. The dog,"
"in the UK, Crufts, with seven best-in-show wins since the prize was first awarded in 1928. This was mostly due to the success of dog breeder H.S. Lloyd's Ware Kennel, dogs of which won best-in-show on six occasions between 1930–1950. They are the second most popular dog breed in the UK according to statistics released by the KC with 22,211 registrations in 2009, beaten only by the Labrador Retriever with 40,943. In third place was the English Springer Spaniel with 12,700. The English Cocker's popularity has increased steadily since 1999 in the United States when they were ranked 76th in"
"Vbos The Kentuckian Sh Ch. Vbos the Kentuckian (30 August 2001 - 3 June 2013), also known as Jet, was a Flat-Coated Retriever show dog bred and handled by Jim Irvine who won Best in Show at Crufts in 2011. He was descended from the 1980 Best in Show winner, Ch. Shargleam Blackcap, and placed Best in Show at several other shows around the UK including the Gundog Society of Wales and the National Gundog Association. Bred by his owner Jim Irvine from South Queensferry, Edinburgh in Scotland. Jet was line-bred across five generations from Ch. Shargleam Blackcap, the Best"
"of the list overnight. This greatly increases the price of puppies bred from this dog or at the dog's kennel of origin. In the United Kingdom, the international championship show Crufts was first held in 1891. Since its centenary year in 1991, the show has officially been recognised as the world's largest and most prestigious dog show by the Guinness Book of Records, with a total of 22,991 dogs being exhibited that year. 22,964 dogs were exhibited in 2008, 27 short of the previous record. Crufts is held over 4 days at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham and"
"competitors must ""borrow"" dogs from gracious British show enthusiasts. The first World title competition, held in 1984, was judged by Ger Pederson. The winner of this premiere competition was US representative Tracie Laliberte who had won Westminster Kennel Club in 1983. A unique feature of this first competition was the requirement of switching dogs mid-way through the competition. Crufts drew 160,000 visitors to the NEC in 2008. While the main purpose of the event is the search for the best dog in the show, many trade stands sell a wide range of dog-related merchandise or advertise dog-related charities. There is"
"to qualify as show champions, and his sperm has been frozen for artificial insemination in the future. Source: Torums Scarf Michael Ch. Torums Scarf Michael (aka Mick or Mike) (29 May 1996 – 3 October 2011) in Liverpool, England, was a Kerry Blue Terrier who is best known for being the 2000 Best in Show winner at Crufts, and 2003 Best in Show of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. He is the first dog to win the ""Triple Crown"" of dog shows, having also won the 2002 AKC/Eukanuba National Invitational Championship. Mick was born on 29 May 1996, to"
"and launched a campaign to save the breed. End of year figures for 2011 showed that 49 puppies were registered with the Kennel Club in the UK, keeping them within the bottom three on the list of most endangered breeds. Another notable Sealyham Terrier, Ch. Efbe's Hidalgo At Goodspice, also known as Charmin, won Best In Show at Crufts in 2009, but his victory was not televised as the BBC had dropped the coverage of the competition earlier that year, following the controversy after the channel showed the documentary ""Pedigree Dogs Exposed"". He had previous won the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship"
"for each of the types. The Kennel Club separated the two types eight years later. Since then, the Springer and Cocker enthusiasts have bred in the separate traits that they desired. Today, the breed differ in more ways than weight alone. At Crufts, the English Cocker Spaniel has been the most successful breed in winning Best in Show, winning on a total of seven occasions between 1928 and 2009, with wins in 1930, 1931, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1950 and 1996. In addition, the breed make up three of the four winners who have won the title on more than one"
"first time the show had moved out of London since its inception. It was also at the Centenary celebrations in 1991 that Crufts was officially recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest dog show with 22,973 dogs being exhibited in conformation classes that year. Including agility and other events, it is estimated that an average 28,000 dogs take part in Crufts each year, with an estimated 160,000 human visitors attending the show. Crufts was formerly televised by the BBC; this ended after the 2008 event (see ""Criticism"") and the 2009 event was only shown via the"
"Rocky Top's Sundance Kid Ch. Rocky Top's Sundance Kid (""aka: ""Rufus"""") (April 8, 2000 – August 9, 2012) was a Bull Terrier who is best known for being the 2006 Best In Show winner at the Westminster Dog Showhandled by Kathy Kirk PHA. He is the first Colored Bull Terrier to win Best in Show at Westminster, with the only other victory for his breed going to a White Bull Terrier in 1918. He also won Best In Show at the National Dog show, and on retirement trained as a therapy dog. He is the most successful Colored Bull Terrier"
"act as the referee and make the deciding vote, with Luckystar named the winner. The following year at Cruft's, Luckystar once again qualified for Best in Show after winning the Sporting Group. The judges this time had no trouble, and the spaniel was once again named Best in Show, with the Pointer Nancolleth Markable placed in reserve. Luckystar was the first of three dogs from the ""of Ware"" kennel to win Best in Show at Crufts twice. The other two dogs were Exquisite Model of Ware and after the Second World War, Tracey Witch of Ware. Between 1929 and 1931"