Buddy Holly is Best in Show.
The Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen named after a rock legend became the first of his breed to take top honors at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
“He’s just everything a PBGV should be — hardheaded, stubborn, happy,” said Janice Hays, Buddy Holly’s handler. “He moves just so easily, and we are just so proud of him.”
Buddy Holly won the hound group competition to advance to the final round, where he faced the winners of the six other group competition winners Tuesday night at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
Rummie, a Pekingese and winner of the toy group, was runner-up.
Winston the French bulldog, last year’s runner-up, was back in the finals after winning the non-sporting group competition Monday night. He was unable to duplicate his success from a year ago but remained a fan favorite.
Here’s a look at Winston’s journey back to the Best in Show round.
Winston is co-owned by Chargers defensive end Morgan Fox, whose grandmother, Sandy, breeds French bulldogs and gifted Winston to Fox as a puppy.
“We raised him and she said, ‘Can I show him? We just like to show dogs,’ ” Morgan Fox told ESPN last year. “And he just started winning and winning and kept winning.”
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