Thursday, February 08, 2007

A Local Contender at Westminster?


The big dog show of the year, Westminster, will be on USA Network at 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. The Best in Show winner will be named at the end of Tuesday's broadcast, around 11 p.m.

Martha Doerner, secretary of the Wilmington Kennel Club, says there is no clear favorite this year as there was last year with the colored bull terrier named Rufus, or Ch Rocky Top's Sundance Kid.

Doerner says to keep an eye on the English springer spaniel whose handler is Kellie Fitzgerald from the Newark area. Ch Felicitys Diamond Jim won Best in Show at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship (above photo) in December in Long Beach, Calif. (I assume that's like winning the Golden Globe leading up to the Oscars.) The spaniel is owned by a group from Fairfax Station, Va.

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