The world popular Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show has chosen the winner of the year. Wasabi, who is a pet dog and also, trending on social media won the title of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show of 2021. Wasabi is the Pekingese breed and won the title of the 145th Westminster Dog Show on Sunday night. Wasabi is a 13 pound Pekingese breed that took the coveted prize of the US dogdom’s. In the 145th event of the dog show, which was organized by Purina Pro Plan on the last night of Sunday. On the other side, the other breed Bourbon captured or reserve the runner-up spot of the show.
The Westminster Dog Show is the second-oldest dog event in the United States but Kentucky Derby is still the first biggest event in the world. In this year, Mandaloun won the title against everyone’s favorite of Bob Baffert’s Medina Spirit, who was failed in the drug test and also, the former president of the US called “Junky” to him.
Due to the Covid pandemic last year, the Westminster Dog Show was rescheduled for the next year and it was scheduled for June. After surviving the deadly pandemic, economics, upside down, and global fights. The Westminster Dog Show took place on the land of the Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown, New York. Wasabi beats more than 2,400 canines from 209 breeds and won the purple ribbon of the show including a silver bow. Here are all the details of the show and Wasabi. The breed is going more popular on social media and attracting lots of people. Here you can know much information about Wasabi.
Who Is Wasabi?
We can not call it a surprise or any kind of magic. Wasabi is a royal capture of Westminster. The Pekingese breed is a grandson of Malachy who was the Westminster champion of 2012. At the American Kennel Club National Championship that was organized by Royal Canin in 2019, a 3-years-old canine won the title of Best in the show.
But, the victory is in the nature of Wasabi. After the four victories in the different shows, now, the fifth victory for Wasabi is amazing and it will not let go easily with celebration. The breeder of the dog, David Fitzpatrick, and who belongs to East Berlin, Pennsylvania said that he even didn’t think that Wasabi will win twice.
In the show, the champion is mainly chosen from the seven contestants and each had to win the title of the Best in Breed before coming into the seven purebred dog groups. These are the seven dogs in the Best in the show- Non-sporting, sporting, herding, hound, toy, working, and terrier. Well, Wasabi (Pekingese) is a toy dog breed and the victory of the year marked to the toy dog who won in the “Best in Show”. Patricia Trotter, who is an 85-years-old lady and serving as a judge of the Westminster’s Best in the show also shared some on the victory of Wasabi.
