Miniature Poodle Named Sage Wins Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
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A miniature poodle named Sage has won the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show.
NEW YORK (AP) — It was a Sage bet.
A miniature poodle named Sage won the top prize Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, an event that often has proven to be a poodle’s realm.
It was the 11th triumph for poodles of various sizes in the United States’ most prestigious canine event — only wire fox terriers have won more. And it was the second best in show win for handler Kaz Hosaka. He led another miniature poodle, Spice, to the trophy in 2002 and said this year’s Westminster would be his last.
“No words,” he said in the ring to describe his reaction to Sage’s win, soon supplying a few words: “So happy — exciting.”
Striding briskly and proudly around the ring, the inky-black poodle “gave a great performance for me,” added Hosaka, who said he’d been competing at Westminster for 45 years.