Best of 2024 Masters Agility Championships from Westminster Kennel Club FOX Sports

Vanished the Border Collie, handled by Emily Klarman of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. And what do we say off the top? Border Collie's dominant in agility. Yeah, we're about to see what happens here. They won the national championship in 2023. Last dog to go in this class. Can Vanish win it or will Madison hold on for a title? Emily got way out ahead as well. Got over that broad jump. Nice turn there into that tunnel. Teeter all the way down. They do get to the backs. Oh, that was close. It did give them a better approach to that backside though. Emily's going way out in front. She wants to get the bottom of this dog walk. This is fabulous. Stay clean on that last jump. There's your winner. Sub 30. Look at that. Awesome. Amazing. There's that beautiful turn we talked about into those weave poles. It's a bit flying everywhere there. Love it. That is just just going to town. I tell you, the teamwork that was involved with them was amazing. You couldn't see it. Next in the 8-inch class, Lark the Papillon, handled by Betsy Lynch of Delaware, Ohio. And we saw the 16-inch class, the last dog to go, who was the best dog in the qualifying, ended up winning. That was Vanish the Border Collie. Can Lark do the same thing at this 8-inch class and grab the win right at the end? I tell you, they are no stranger. Next in the 8-inch class, Lark the Papillon, handled by Betsy Lynch of Delaware, Ohio. They're no stranger. Betsy's a five-time national champion and they won this in 2021 and 2022. So we should see. And they make it three titles out of four. Absolutely. Here we go. Nice turn. Another nice turn. Lark is showing off some speed here. All the way to the end. That's beautiful. Love that. A little wide right there, but a beautiful turn there. Get into those lead poles. Nice lead poles there. Get across. Betsy's ahead, driving as hard as she can. She wants to get this. Finish hard. Running through. Can Lark get there? Wow. That was awesome. Look at this teeter. All the way to the end. Even before it starts to fall down, that's how fast Lark got up that teeter. Beautiful job there. Barking the whole time as well. Yeah, and you can see, barking here through the lead poles as well. They exit those lead poles and they got a long run to this dog walk, and all they do is pick up speed, and that was just super fast. Next in the 24-inch class, Hogan the Weimaraner, handled by Steve Besson of South Windsor, Connecticut. And I feel like I've made the joke multiple times over the years about whether it's Ben Hogan or Hulk Hogan or Hogan's heroes. It's after Ben Hogan, if I'm not mistaken, up and over this A-frame. And they're not strangers to this either. They've been to this final two other times, finishing second and third. They would love to take a first here now. Make a clean sweep of it. Beautiful right there on that teeter. Get to the backside. They do. Pushing through these lead poles. Just beautiful lead poles right there. Touch, touch. Losing a little time with that hesitation, but they made sure they got that contact zone. Hogan's got to go quick here, right down to the wire. Fleeter, 17 hundredths of a second. So close, so close. Here's that A-frame. Also another one taking a look at that camera right there, but they do get into that contact zone. Those big dogs, they just take up that whole tunnel when they go through, and then slamming down this teeter. Beautiful right there. Look at that extension going over those jumps. As I mentioned, look at that extension. Just gorgeous. Next, in the 12-inch class, Nimble, the All-American dog, handled by Cynthia Horner of Ellicott City, Maryland. And again, the All-American dog, the mixed breed dog, eligible to go here at the Masters Agility Champion. This is going to be a fun run. Absolutely fun run. Cynthia's way out ahead. Needs to be. Oh my gosh. I said it was going to be fun. I didn't know it was going to be an E-ticket. She's got to be out ahead of this. Hold on, hold on. There we go. Get to the back side. There it is. The crowd is going crazy. Cynthia's way out ahead. They do. Are they going to get a top 30? Oh my, they will. That was amazing. I'm breathless from that. Arthur Ashe Stadium going ballistic for the run from Nimble. That was great. Just out of that tunnel, up this teeter, slide in a little bit, then shoots off that teeter right there into these weed poles, just destroying the poles. That's not sped up video. That's real time. Look at, Cynthia's so far out in front, we can barely see her. In the 20-inch class, Typo, the Border Collie, handled by Amber McCune of Bedford, New Hampshire. Our final dog of the day. Now remember, a couple classes ago, Amber, who has got three dogs total in these finals, running with Howie, the last dog of 24 inches, couldn't get a winning run. Can she do so now with Typo? She's got to be thinking process, not outcome. She's got to get the turns and the speed. They're looking really good right now. Once again, she gets that front cross there. They get that teeter, get to the back side. They're looking real good right now. The crowd is cheering them on. They get that downside. She's going to do a rear here, try to tighten that turn up. Oh, my gosh. I would say Amber's happy. Oh, going through this tunnel right here. That's such a great shot. And then driving through these weed poles, just pushing them out of the way. Look at this dog walk. Get down to that. She makes sure she's got it. And then this finish right here, and she's so happy. And Howie's like, just give me my cookies. We're like, OK, mom, enough with the hugging. Give me my cookies. Our final dog to run flies around the course. Cynthia, congratulations. Grand champion and back to back years. What does it mean to you to win it this year with Nimble? Just incredible. I love Westminster. I love running my dogs under the lights in New York. And Nimble is the only 12 inch dog to ever win the overall award. Go little dogs. This competition is usually dominated by the bigger ones, the Border Collies, but she is so special. Very special dog. She is the most special dog. I just adore her. She's so much fun to run. When did you realize that she had it? In the very beginning of running, I've had fast dogs before, and she would just lead me in the dust. And I was like, I said to someone, she's the fastest dog I've had. And they thought I was kidding. And they don't think they're kidding anymore. She has certainly proven herself. Congratulations. Thank you so much, John.