2026 WKC Canine Present: Show-It The Border Collie Wins Masters Agility Championship

[ad_1] The a hundred and fiftieth annual Westminster Kennel Membership Canine Present is in full swing!

Show-It, a Border Collie, gained the thirteenth Annual Masters Agility Championship Finals on Saturday, persevering with the herding breed's dominant reign within the competitors. Vanish's win marks the tenth for Border Collies, that are famend for his or her intelligence, depth and nimbleness, out of 13 all-time winners — greater than two-thirds of WKC’s agility titles.

Show-It, who represented the 20-inch peak division, sped her manner by means of the course in simply 29.81 seconds alongside veteran handler Amber McCune. Simply as spectacular, Show-It had zero faults, making a clear run to victory.

Show-It didn't, nevertheless, full the course in a faster time than final 12 months's winner, Vanish, a Border Collie who ran it in a blazing 26.49 seconds — the quickest profitable time for the reason that occasion started in 2014. Show-It got here nearer to wins by Nimble the All-American canine in 2024 (28.76 seconds) and Truant the Border Collie in 2023 (28.68 seconds).

Canine participated in two rounds of preliminaries earlier than the sector was narrowed all the way down to 50 finalists, the highest 10 finishers from 5 respective peak lessons — 8-inch, 12-inch, 16-inch, 20-inch and 24-inch.

Fan-favorite Nimble participated on this 12 months's occasion as soon as once more within the 12-inch peak class and turned in one in every of Saturday's high 5 performances, profitable her division after flying by means of the course in 29.19 seconds.

One other standout this 12 months was Iron Man, an All-American canine from the 16-inch peak class, who gained a particular award for high mixed-breed canine with handler Merritt Speagle after zooming by means of the course in 29.60 seconds.

The most important canine to win their respective division was Gerard the Poodle, who gained the 24-inch class with a time of 36.55 seconds, whereas the smallest pup to win was Gabby the Papillon within the 8-inch class with a time of 33.42 seconds; Gabby additionally gained the identical division in final 12 months's championship occasion with a powerful time of 30.05 seconds.

Finest Moments of 2026 Masters Agility Championship 🐶 WKC Canine Present The Masters Agility Championship Finals was the spotlight of the Canine Celebration Day on Saturday. Agility is a timed competitors that exams a canine’s means to finish an impediment course — together with any mixture of tunnels, seesaw, bar and wall jumps, weave poles and extra — following the instructions of its handler. Members will not be given the course map forward of time, and agility is judged by each time and accuracy (minus faults) of the course.

The WKC donates $5,000 to honor the winner to the AKC coaching membership of their alternative or the AKC Humane Fund, together with a donation of $1,000 within the names of the 4 remaining first-place canines of their peak lessons and the highest-scoring All-American (combined breed) canine.

The 2025 WKC Canine Present resumes Monday, with occasions happening at Madison Sq. Backyard and Jacob Ok. Javits Conference. The 2026 Masters Agility Champion, Show-It, and the highest-scoring All-American canine, Iron Man, will go head-to-head in an agility race at MSG on Tuesday. Finest in Present will even be topped Tuesday night at MSG.