It is the 5th win for the breed, good for fourth-most all-time. Siba wins the blue ribbon for the Non-Sporting group at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and advances to the Best in Show. Golden retrievers and Labradors, for example, are two of the most popular dog breeds in the United States, and they are crowd favorites at the Garden year after year, but neither has ever won best in show at Westminster. Siba the Standard Poodle Wins Westminster Dog Show. ... very versatile that bow was the head Turner earlier and now the Middle of Madison Square Garden your 22140 -fourth edition for the best access perspective and personalities in all of sports. Poodles come in three sizes and this was the 10th time one of them has become America’s top dog, the first since 2002. "She's beautiful and has that something," handler Chrystal Murray-Clas said. “He just stares ’em down.”. Jan Hoffman of The Times peeked behind the curtain at the dog show and discovered a veritable medical army has sprung up to tend to the competitors’ needs: health and wellness specialists, canine acupuncturists, massage therapists and chiropractors and veterinarians. Siba the poodle beat Daniel the Golden Retriever for Best in Show at Westminster and I could honestly write an entire rant about how tired I am when they give all of the major awards to poodles! Siba the standard poodle poses for photos after winning Best in Show at the 144th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in New York. Check back after the working group for answers. “Holy crap!” her handler exclaims on live television. Siba is the fifth standard poodle to win the show’s top prize and the first since 1991. A day later, she … Belisarius JP Wild Rumpus, the show’s best borzoi. You do not want to run into that bullmastiff alone in a dark alley at night. Dog shows are basically elimination competitions. Andy: See, this is what I mean: the smooth fox terrier and the wire fox terrier just feels like hairsplitting. A very fluffy pooch named Siba is officially the best in show for the Westminster Kennel Club. Andy: My bigger issue is just how many terrier breeds they are. King, a wire fox terrier, won best in show honors in 2019, but not everyone was thrilled. Let other breeds win something! Whether he wins the silverware is up to the judge, Mr. Slay, but Daniel the golden retriever seems to have the people in his corner tonight. A silky 3-year-old Havanese named after the U2 singer, Bono was the top-ranked show dog in the country last year but finished second to King, the wire fox terrier, at Westminster and to Thor, a bulldog, at the National Dog Show on Thanksgiving. Photographers tried to get her to look at them by shouting her name, but it did not work. But that’s like making it to the Super Bowl and then getting thrown out by the ref two minutes into the game. *visit For The Win: https://www.ftw.usatoday.com NEW YORK >> Primped and poised, Siba the standard poodle owned the ring. Andy: Actually, Sarah, his name is GCHG CH Hollyhunt Not By Chance. Sarah: “Sporting” is a rough approximation of what these dogs do, Andy. The last poodle to take top honors was a … Andy: I have. Siba, the standard poodle, competes for Best in Show during the 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in New York. Sarah: The golden retriever, who answers to the name of Daniel, is now like the prom king of the dog show — beautiful AND popular. Andy: It looks like he’s been excused by the judge, which is a very dog show way of saying he’s been kicked out without being judged. As I noted earlier, that’s mostly terrier fatigue, but the miniature bull terrier and the skye terrier definitely had more fans here tonight. Two of the finalists, Bono the Havanese and Wilma the boxer, had won their groups to advance to best in show for the second year in a row. Could this be the year a golden finally wins it all? Sarah: Boerboel: that is not a real dog. Pun intended. Poodles come in three sizes, and they’ve done just fine at Westminster. Each knows there is still work to do. Some are grand champions. In the age of Brexit, you can’t take chances. Andy: The problem now, I guess — and any golden owner will get this — is that they have to get a really excited golden retriever to relax for a couple hours now. The golden retriever: the people’s champion, but never the Westminster champion. and mascara (flutter those lashes much, Papillon?). Sarah: I’m always surprised at how quiet (and lazy) some of the dogs seem. Siba put on an entertaining performance in the nonsporting group juding Monday night, doing the downward dog yoga pose before circling the ring. It’s tough to overstate how big some of these dogs are: the Great Dane, the mastiffs, all of them. “Siba" the black Standard Poodle won the 2020 Westminster Dog Show Best in Show in an entry of almost 2,600 dogs. The feeling when you roll up to the dog show like, “I’m heeeerrrre everybody!”. The champion representing one of the most popular breeds in America, Daniel was attempting to become the first golden to take the top prize in a competition that was first held a decade after the Civil War. Ahead of Best in Show 2020, the owners of Bono the Havanese, Siba the standard poodle and Conrad the Shetland sheepdog spoke about waiting. Sarah: I heard those dogs arguing about the E.U. So far, it will be the golden retriever vs. the Shetland sheepdog vs. the standard poodle vs. the Havanese vs. the whippet. There are 32 kinds of terriers, including three versions of bull terriers and two fox terriers. I’d go by Gavin, too, given that sort of pretentious monogram. “I’ve been in this five decades, I’ve watched a lot of dogs,” he says in a North Carolina drawl. On Monday night, the loudest cheers were often reserved for the fluffiest, the hairiest and the cutest of the breed winners. Or chew up a shoe. (John Minchillo/AP) A King Charles Spaniel testing its mental fortitude and self-control at Pier 94. Or do tonight’s group winners have the edge?” He call its “the classic rest-vs.-rust debate.”. With 33 dogs in the sporting group, there’s quite a bit of down time for the handlers and their sometimes bored charges. Which is something like Grand Champion Champion and then the rest. Siba the Standard Poodle wins 2020 'Best in Show', capping off an amazing 2-day # WKCDogShow event. Murray said she liked poodles because they do not shed and are thus hypoallergenic. But that, of course, means nothing in best in show. According to Westminster, they are known “for their instincts in water and woods and are generally naturally active, alert and have stable temperaments.” I’m seeing a lot of enthusiasm out there, despite the lack of water, woods and, well, sports. Andy: While some breeds seem a bit, well, precious, the sporting group feels like a bunch of Everymen and Everywomen to me every year. Bono was a best in show finalist last year, and has returned to the final seven. Siba, a standard poodle, is groomed before competing in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 11, 2019, in New York. You’re not lifting, sprinting, throwing or skiing, for instance. High in the bleachers of Madison Square Garden, far from glimpse range, Stone Run Standard Poodle breeder-owner Connie Unger of Northampton, Pennsylvania, … Siba, a standard poodle, took home the prize. Andy: To be honest, Sarah, I’d be lying around too after four days of getting pawed by strangers in New York. The Brittany went first, but now has about a half hour to kill. Andy: Well, she did say she has 21 dogs, and that her husband has 16 beagles. Siba has only one regular requirement: she prefers chicken. More than 2,600 dogs have competed/are competing in the competition, representing 49 states — every state except North Dakota, where they apparently have more important things to worry about — and 19 countries other than the United States. One dog to watch on Tuesday night is Bono, the Havanese who won the toy group, and the closest thing the show has to a celebrity dog. It’s the Jowl-cam! Andy: Well, with 33 dogs in the sporting group we know one thing: It’s going to end up Leave 32, Remain 1. The best dogs from each breed first compete against one another to select one best in breed winner. No golden has ever won best in show. Andy: I’m partial to the retrievers, but then I’m partial to perennial underdogs. Andy: What’s a good pickup line from a smooth terrier in a bar? Taylor Swift lends song to Biden–Harris campaign ad. Andy: Still, the real champions want the leash around their neck at crunch time. Part of that might have been terrier fatigue: Of the 112 best in show titles awarded at Westminster, 47 — more than 40 percent — have been won by the terrier group. Sarah: There’s a difference between being excused — essentially, released without charge — and disqualified. Time for a quick drink and a comb but no snacks — “he’s had plenty of snacks tonight,” his handler deadpans — and then it’s right back to work. A cheerful, flowing gem of a dog, he glided around the ring to the delight of a roaring crowd eager to see him make show history. Her trademark bow before the down and back, powerful movement, desire to please, and electrifying reaction to audience clapping made her a natural-born show dog. and the customs union just a few minutes ago. One of them has a bib on, I assume so that his drool does not mar the appearance of his carefully-combed coat. Sarah: The arrival of the terriers might be a good place to mention that these dogs are being judged according to how well they conform to their own breed’s standards — not some outside system of beauty. As judge Bob Slay studied Siba in the best-of-seven final ring, a fan shouted out: "No way, Slay, no way!'' Sarah: Here’s what happens next: we’ll see the dogs in the two remaining groups — the working group and the terrier group — choose their winners. 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By: Pete Thomas, Two men were apprehended and cited for the unlawful take and possession of abalone last Saturday after a pursuit on a Southern (…), https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/02/westminster-best-in-show-siba-poodle-daniel-golden-retriever, Siba the standard poodle won Westminster Best in Show, but Daniel the golden retriever was the fan favorite, I found this on FTW and wanted to share: Don’t be fooled by the prefix: Every dog at Westminster is a champion. *like FTW on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usatodayftw. This could also be known as the heavyweight division: Bernese mountain dogs, bullmastiffs, Newfoundlands and St. Bernards. Sarah: The smooth one is a much better conversationalist. No worry for him, he says. “If you had a popularity contest, we would win,” Christine Miele, the Eastern vice president of the Golden Retriever Club of America, told Liam Stack of The Times last year. On Monday, when Murray couldn’t find any before the judging in the nonsporting group, she turned to the closest available option: chicken sandwiches from a nearby McDonald’s. Pete Davidson’s Netflix special seems… kind of basic. Sarah: The Dogue de Bourdeaux is a member of a subset of the working group: the drooling group. Vinny will have a quick turnaround before best in show. This is paws-itively adorable. Siba the Standard Poodle claims the top honor at the #WKCDogShow! The crowd is going wild here. The whippet and the Havanese are the only challengers in the popularity contest. The terrier group, the last of the seven groups, is on the floor now. “Boos and grumbles filled Madison Square Garden when the judge handed King the coveted pewter cup,” The New York Times wrote then. Bourbon, a sleek whippet seeking his breed’s first title since 1964, won Monday’s runner-up prize, reserve best in show. Hair? Daniel, a golden retriever, was the clear crowd favorite in the final judging. The wirehaired Vizsla, on the other hand, will go last. Have you noticed the way the Jumbotron zeroes in on the jowls of the super-drooly dogs in slow-mo, so you can see them undulating up and down with drool spooling out. But both came up short again. The sporting, working and terrier group winners will be chosen Tuesday night. Sarah: The answer is, Not really. Daniel the golden retriever was the crowd’s choice in Tuesday’s final judging. Not allowed. A standard last won in 1991. A standard poodle named Siba is America’s top canine after earning the title of best in show on Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show. As promised, Sarah spills on the dog names she made up: All the names were real, except the Axolotl, which is the name of an amphibious salamander; and the Pufi, the Platte der Otz, the Pom Pom d’Or, the Hund des baumes, and the Dogue de Cabernet, which I made up. As Murray answered questions, Siba reclined on the small raised platform in the middle, surrounded by her trophies and ribbons, as regal (and coiffed) as Cleopatra and completely unperturbed by the fuss around her. Sarah: Goldens are not known for having every biscuit in the basket. Sean Ernst, a Times editor, writes from the office: “Do the group winners from last night have the advantage going into best in show? It’s not like you need special stamina to compete in a dog show or anything. Her handler expresses supreme confidence that she can win the whole thing. He may have been hurt by recent history: a wire fox terrier had won last year, drawing groans from a terrier-weary crowd. Siba, the standard poodle, poses for photographs after winning Best in Show in the 144th Westminster Kennel Club … The spaniel? But Tuesday night is all about the dogs. Ch. Siba, a standard poodle is groomed before competing in the Best of Breed event at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, in New York. Vinny, the wire fox terrier, was hoping to deliver a second straight title — and a record 16th over all — for his breed. But I’ll be honest: the clumber spaniel really looks kind of huggable. Sarah: What just happened there? Beating the odds, and the history: the golden retriever has won best in the sporting group! It’s like cheering for Alabama in football. Follow us at Fox Sports on Twitter Kevin Durant tweets 'Free me' after being pulled from Nets game due to health protocols, Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Clippers live stream, TV channel, start time, prediction, odds, You never have to root for guys like Trevor Bauer, Detroit Red Wings vs. Tampa Bay Lightning live stream, TV channel, start time, prediction, odds, Toronto Raptors vs. Brooklyn Nets live stream, TV channel, start time, prediction, odds, how to watch the NBA. The best in show judge, Robert H. Slay. I think they could just play that on a loop and the people in here would stay all night watching it. Wilma the boxer returned to the best in show competition for the second year in a row. Andy: It really makes you think: what’s it like to live for four days in a New York hotel room with a Newfoundland? Siba the Standard Poodle won Best in Show at the 2020 Westminster Dog Show. Taylor Swift has made her … Sarah: Andy, who do you like in the Sporting Group? The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is the dog show circuit’s big night in New York, when the great and the good — and even a few celebrities — strut into Madison Square Garden in their finest furs, with their hair styled just so, all of them ready to see and be seen. Dogs are disqualified when they do something very bad, such as bite the judge. We’re underway at the Garden with the request: “Can we have the sporting group on the floor!”. Wire fox terriers have won 15 times, more any other breed. I checked with Westminster’s Lisa Peterson, who is a judge in her own right, and she explained: Apparently the spaniel refused to allow the judge to examine him. The 144th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show named its newest Best in Show. Ultimately, a regal Standard Poodle named Siba took home the big prize. Siba the standard poodle was crowed 'Best in Show' at the 144th edition of the show. It’s no wonder they’ve won best in show more than any breed: they get a guaranteed slot every year. Siba is the 12th dog from the non-sporting group to win Best in Show and the first since 2018, when Flynn the Bichon Frise took home the honor. (‘Vanish is not just some Barbie collie,’ Aaron Kirzner said of his border collie, which is both a breed and agility champion.)”. The wire fox terrier wins the terrier group, Quiz answers (read down first if you missed it), Boos and grumbles filled Madison Square Garden. Who do you like so far? So I’m guessing it’s not her first rodeo. Andy: Too bad he can’t go outside and dig a hole for a while. She told us she walks them three at a time. The best in show judge, Robert H. Slay, tuning out the cheers of a crowd chanting the name of Daniel the golden retriever as he contemplated his decision, agreed. Share this article share tweet text email link Charles Curtis. You just have to show up with a certain amount of enthusiasm, eat your treats, look pretty, open your mouth when the judge wants to examine it, and then run a short distance until you get to rest again. Siba became the first standard poodle to win best in show at Westminster … After playing for a bit, he gets thirsty and has a habit of dropping his ball in his (shallow) water bowl, and then looking at the ball with what appears to be total incomprehension until one of us goes and fishes it out. “But in the last few years, Westminster has added competitions in agility and obedience, events that bring in a very different crowd — jock dogs and their humans. Especially dog underdogs. The other spaniel? Owned and bred by Connie S. Unger, Siba the Standard Poodle was the fifth of her breed to win Best in Show at Westminster. Wilma, like Bono the Havanese, who qualified on Monday night, won her group for the second year in a row. Agree? This time, his handler said Monday, he has come to win. For more great sports stories ... Vinny, a wire fox terrier, wins the terrier group and there’s a bit of grumbling from the Garden crowd. You know who does sound ready? Andy: I’m partial to these big guys, too. Bono, the Havanese who won the toy group, and Siba, the standard poodle who captured the nonsporting group, advanced Monday, and were joined in the best in show ring by the hound winner Bourbon, who is trying to become the first whippet to win since 1964, and Conrad, the Shetland sheepdog who was bouncing-in-the-air excited after winning the herding group. Siba the standard poodle prevailed over six rivals. My dog, Hershey, loves his tennis ball more than perhaps anything else in the world. On a night when a golden retriever won the crowd, a standard poodle with a taste for chicken took home the top prize. “Westminster is famous as a gathering of spectacular dogs, with all the people and products attendant with canine beauty pageantry: sprays, mousses, gels, conditioners, curlers, straighteners, bows, hair implants (I’m looking at you, Standard Poodles!) After winning the top prize, Siba and Murray posed in the middle of the arena for photos. The spaniel seemed to lose his nerve and jump off the table. Daniel is a good boy! This marks the fifth time a standard poodle took the title, with the most recent coming in 1991. But I shouldn’t talk. Sarah: “Would you like to feel my coat sometime?”. It’s when a field of more than 2,600 entries is trimmed to seven finalists, and then to just one, who is awarded an immense ribbon and a silver cup into which — depending on the breed — he may or may not fit. The Irish water spaniel, looking a bit nervous, has been sent away by the judge! Siba, a black standard poodle with a meticulously groomed coat and a taste for chicken, won best in show at the 144th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday night, defeating a final group of contenders that included a wildly popular golden retriever and two repeat best in show contestants. It’s a Cinderella story! The only thing fancy about her, it seems, is her haircut and her full name: GCHP CH Stone Run Afternoon Tea. Siba is top dog and has the ribbon to prove it. Probably not on the floor of Madison Square Garden though. “She always knows when she’s won,” Murray said. And despite her prim and elegant appearance, Siba, she said, was just a family dog who “knows when to tone it down and sleep on the couch,” one who enjoys playing with Murray’s toddler son and tracking in mud from the fields near their Pennsylvania home. Siba, a standard poodle, has been crowned Best in Show at the 2020 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Not everyone shared that view. Siba the standard poodle won Westminster Best in Show, but Daniel the golden retriever was the fan favorite. A few have been covered with cooling towels. Standards have won best in show five times, miniatures three and toys twice. [LaineyGossip] … Follow us at Fox Sports on Twitter Sarah: The Gordon setter’s name is Gavin, which strikes me as a lot to do to a dog. Siba was chosen from seven finalists in front of a cheering crowd at Madison Square Garden. The prim pooch was selected from seven finalists Tuesday in New York’s Madison Square Garden, having beat out more than 3,000 other dogs entered in the competition from around the world. Slay stuck by what he saw. But his breed’s wait, now 144 years and counting, will go on. Andy: It’s hard to overstate how shocking that was: the golden retriever, staple of so many American households, has never won Westminster. *follow @ForTheWin: https://www.twitter.com/forthewin “He has something that makes people look at him,” the handler, Taffe McFadden, said after Bono advanced. There are show favorites and crowd favorites, and those are not always the same breeds. The last poodle to take top honors was a miniature, Surrey Spice Girl, in 2002. “She knows she’s special,” Siba’s handler, Chrystal Murray, had said when she advanced to best in show on Monday. The champion was relaxing. Sarah: Or the golden can just fetch his ball incessantly while using his tail to knock things off the grooming table. AFP via Getty Images. The last time a Standard Poodle won was in 1991. Did Trevor Bauer troll Mets fans with his website before signing with Dodgers? Welcome to For The Win's European Union Experience. The judge gave the dog a quick chance to run around, but after conferring with an official, the dog was excused. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) Jobs Siba, the standard poodle, competed for Best in Show during the 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, in New York. So just because a dog might have a head that looks like a trowel, it doesn’t mean he’s ugly by dog-show standards. It’s hot under the lights on the Garden floor for these dogs, and several have taken their first opportunity to lie down. Sarah: What about that lady we met backstage who is here with her nine Frisbee-playing dogs, all sharing a single room? Siba gobbled them up, and then had the same meal for dinner on Tuesday. Andy: At the moment I’m just happy the Gordon setter is playing Switzerland between the English setter and the Irish setter. Andy: I think the bullmastiff could eat you in three bites. At the end of the evening, the working group will present the results of their meeting and come up with a new plan for their organization, going forward. Those best in breed winners advance to seven group competitions: hound, toy, sporting, nonsporting, herding, working and terrier. Siba is the fifth standard poodle to win the show’s top prize and the first since 1991. New York City has been Dog City the last few days. Learn more about the winner. Maybe two if he missed lunch. The seven best in group winners advance to one final judging competition for best in show. She was among the smallest competitors in a group filled with enormous dogs but, like any good boxer, punched well above her weight. ... very versatile that bow was the head Turner earlier and now the Middle of Madison Square Garden your 22140 -fourth edition for the best access perspective and personalities in all of sports. My family had a St. Bernard (Heidi) and a Bernese mountain dog (Gretel) when we were kids, and their limitless patience with kids who kept trying to ride them was, in hindsight, their greatest treasure. Andy: To be clear: that does not appear to be what happened. Several spaniels in this groups are currently lying in a sort of heap behind the signs announcing their names. The handler seemed crushed, and got some comforting taps from the other handlers on her way out. He’s been sequestered, and has no idea who he will see on the floor in a few minutes. It is the fifth time a standard poodle has won Best in Show and the first time since 1991. (The same thing happened when a wire fox terrier won best in show last year.) We have some setters; we have some spaniels; there’s some retrievers; there’s a viszla. Or the other other spaniel? And then the winner from each group will slug it out in the final round. Makeup? But there were also cheering sections for some classic breeds, like the bulldog (which didn’t advance to best in show) and the standard poodle (which did).

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