He beat out a field of highly outrank dogs to become the first sleuthhound to bring home the bacon in the show ’s 146 - year history .
Strike up the band : A goofballbloodhoundnamed Trumpet has succeed Best in Show at the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show .
Judge Donald Sturz Jr. chose Trumpet — register name GCHB CH Flessner ’s Toot My Own Horn — over the six other group winners in the Best in Show ring Wednesday night . He ’s the first bloodhound to win the top purity at Westminster .
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Trumpet , possess by Chris Flessner , Bryan Flessner , Heather Buehner , and Tina Kocar , won the Hound Groupon Tuesday nighttime at the Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown , N.Y. In the Best in Show ring , he bested Toy Group winner Hollywood ( Maltese ) , Non - Sporting winner Winston ( French English bulldog ) , Sporting Group victor Belle ( English typographer ) , Herding Group winner River ( German sheepman ) , Working Group winner Striker ( Samoyed ) , and Terrier Group achiever MM ( Lakeland terrier ) .
" I am so excited for Trumpet , " his animal trainer , Heather Buehner , tell the FOX program squad .
More than 3,000 dogs enter Westminster this year , which was again relocated to the stately Lyndhurst when the COVID-19 pandemic foiled the in the beginning schedule show in January at New York City ’s Madison Square Garden .
Winston , this class ’s top - ranked dog , won Reserve Best in Show ( 2d billet ) .
City of Westminster is a conformation show , so the dogs are judged against their stock standards rather than against the other hound . So three judges — at the stock , group , and Best in Show stages — decide Trumpet well adjust to the bloodhound ’s standards .
He ’s also the best , as it turns out , at champ on reporter ’s microphones .
" He has a lot of position and he ’s a little crazy , " Buehner said before he went after the mic again .
Bloodhounds are slobbery , flappy dogs who surpass at tracking and hunting . Those folds play an important purpose : They cover the bloodhound ’s heart , permit him to focus entirely on sniffing . With 230 million scent receptors , they can probably find oneself just about anything .
Thankfully , that Best in Show prize was n’t too far away .
An earlier translation of this account misspelled Heather Buehner ’s name .
