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The winners of each division of the 10th Annual Masters Agility Championship include Border Collies, Shetland Sheepdogs, a Papillon, and an All American Dog.
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Border Collie Truant and his handler, Cynthia Horner, won the competition with the fastest and cleanest run at 28.68 seconds. This run was from the 20-inch division!
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Purchase the Papillon and handler Carol Kelly won in the 8-inch division with a time of 32.01 seconds. Small, but mighty!
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Handler Amber McCune won in the 24-inch division with her Border Collie, Howie. Her other dogs, Shelby Cobra and Kaboom, also made the leaderboard.
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All American Dog 'Score,' handled by Tessa Rodney, took home the title for All American Dog at the 10th Annual Masters Agility Championship at Westminster.
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Not all agility dogs are Border Collies! Here, in the 20-inch Division, is fourth place Belgian Tervuren 'Rowley,' handled by Deandra Gero.
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This is the 10th year that Westminster has held the Masters Agility Championship, which is part of Westminster Week. This also includes the 147th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and 8th Annual Masters Obedience Championship.
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In Agility competitions, dogs participate in different height divisions: 8", 12", 16", 20", and 24".

More than 350 dogs competed in the 10th Annual Masters Agility Championship at Westminster with the event held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY, on Saturday, May 6, 2023. Each competitor ran through two rounds of competition, whittling down to the final 50 competitors.

Champions were announced in each of the six height divisions (8″, 12″, 16″, 20″, and 24″), as well as an All-American Champion, and Masters Agility Champion for the dog with the fastest time and cleanest run. Six-and-a-half-year-old Border Collie, Truant, took home the top prize and was handled by Cynthia Horner. Horner and Truant won the 20-inch height division, running the fastest clean round to take home the 2023 Masters Agility Championship title.

See the fastest dogs below.

Masters Agility Champion

Truant the Border Collie

Call Name: Truant

Registered Name: NAC MACH On Target’s Don’T Be Late! MXB MJM MXF T2B

Breed: Border Collie

Handler: Cynthia Horner

Age: 6.5

Time: 28.68 seconds

All American Dog

Score the All American Dog

Call Name: Score

Registered Name: MACH2 He Shoots, He Scores RN MXB2 MJB2 MFB T2B SWD SWM

Breed: All American

Handler: Teresa Rodney

Age: 7

Time: 38.96 seconds

8-Inch Division

Purchase the Papillon

Call Name: Purchase

Breed: Papillon

Handler: Carol Kelly

Time: 32.01

12-Inch Division

Swindle the Shetland Sheepdog

Call Name: Swindle

Breed: Shetland Sheepdog

Handler: Abigail Beasley

Time: 28.39

16-Inch Division

Bee the Shetland Sheepdog

Call Name: Bee

Breed: Shetland Sheepdog

Handler: Jennifer Crank

Time: 28.27 seconds

20-Inch Division

Truant the Border Collie

Call Name: Truant

Registered Name: NAC MACH On Target’s Don’T Be Late! MXB MJM MXF T2B

Breed: Border Collie

Handler: Cynthia Horner

Age: 6.5

Time: 28.68 seconds

24-Inch Division

Howie the Border Collie

Call Name: Howie

Breed: Border Collie

Handler: Amber McCune

Time: 34.17 seconds

 

For full Masters Agility Championship results, visit the Westminster Kennel Club website.

 Purina Pro Plan, with advanced nutrition that has fueled 15 of the last 16 Best in Show winners, returns as Presenting Sponsor of the 147th WKC Dog Show, and the 10th Anniversary Masters Agility and 8th Annual Masters Obedience Championships.

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