WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB AWARDS TROPHIES
• AKC POINTING BREEDS • GUN DOG CHAMPIONSHIPS
Since 2017 , the Westminster Kennel Club has offered The Westminster Kennel Club Cup , a perpetual trophy to commemorate the win of the AKC Pointing Breed Gun Dog Championship . The trophy is an antique sterling silver , horn-handled trophy cup , retained by the Westminster Kennel Club and displayed at the AKC Pointing Breed Gun Dog Championships . Additionally , in recognition of this sport , beginning in 2019 the club began offering The Westminster Kennel Club Trophy for the AKC Pointing Breeds ( Walking ) Gun Dog Championship . This trophy is a sterling silver , twohandled cup .
The AKC Pointing Breed Gun Dog Championships are the largest championship field events open to all pointing breeds in the country . The AKC Pointing Breed Gun Dog Championships were held in Sonoita , Arizona on January 14-23 , 2020 . The AKC Pointing Breed ( Horseback ) Gun Dog Champion — Maybellene , aka “ Pat ,” an English Setter , handled by Tom Griffin — was awarded the Westminster Kennel Club Cup . The AKC Pointing Breed ( Walking ) Gun Dog Champion — FC AFC DCR ’ s Mojo Justice , a German Shorthaired Pointer , owned and handled by Gina Bosio — was awarded The Westminster Kennel Club Trophy .
At its inception , Westminster was a sportsmen ’ s association , with members largely interested in working their sporting dogs in the field . Westminster ’ s logo is a Pointer named Sensation , a dog that was imported by one of its members in the 1870 ’ s to strengthen American breeding stock .
TOP : COURTESY OF PHIL BOGDANOVITCH , BOTOOM RIGHT : COURTESY OF THOMAS GRIFFIN
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