FIELD TRIAL AWARDS
AKC POINTING BREED GUN DOG CHAMPIONSHIPS
Westminster was a sportsmen ’ s association at its inception , with members broadly interested in working their sporting dogs in the field . In fact , the club ’ s emblem is a Pointer named Sensation that the club imported from England to strengthen breeding programs . To celebrate that history and promote today ’ s top pointing dogs , the Westminster Kennel Club donates trophies to the winners of the AKC Pointing Breed Gun Dog Championship . The 2021 event was held in late February at Camp Robinson in Conway , AR . It is the largest field trial open to pointing breeds in the country , with two divisions , handlers on Horseback and handlers Walking .
2021 WINNER OF THE WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB CUP
Pointing Breed Walking Gun Dog
Champion / Horseback Tori , officially known as NAFC AFC Southwind ’ s Citori Red Lightning
Breed Vizsla
Handler Jon & Jessica Hann
Owner Sean Van Kooten
2021 WINNER OF THE WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB TROPHY
Pointing Breed Walking Gun Dog
Champion / Walking Gunnar , officially known as NWGDC GFC FC AFC VK ’ s Twenty Gauge Gunnar
Breed Vizsla
Handler Sherwin Van Kooten
Owner Robyn & Sherwin Van Kooten
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THE WALTER R . FLETCHER MEMORIAL AWARD
Sponsored by The Westminster Kennel Club , this annual Dog Writers Association of America Award goes to the writer who best exemplifies continued positive press coverage of dog shows and the sport of purebred dogs in America . It ’ s named for Walter R . Fletcher , the long-time New York Times newspaper reporter who covered more than 40 Westminster Dog Shows at Madison Square Garden . The 2021 Walter R . Fletcher Memorial Award winner was Lauren Collier and Jim Ballard for Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show 2020 . The winner receives a $ 500 cash award and a Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show media pass .
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