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Westminster Dog Show Photos: Judgment Day

Westminster Dog Show Photos: Judgment Day

There will be a whippet named Bourbon and a Pekingese named Wasabi.

A French bulldog named Mathew — wait, shouldn’t that be Mathieu? — won the nonsporting group, and an Old English Sheepdog called Connor was judged the best of the herding entries. (He also looked big enough to eat a couple of them if the result had not gone his way.)

On Saturday night, the judges at the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show whittled hundreds of entries down to four group winners. On Sunday — with judging in three more groups — the field will winnow to the final seven dogs who will compete for Best in Show.

But who is really best in show? Probably the dog you love most. And the ones in these photos.

This is Poncho, who is now free to judge all other mini bull terriers until 2022.

Wasabi the Pekingese won the toy group on Saturday, and then agreed — in the finest Pekingese tradition — to be carried off in triumph.

The feeling when you bring all the combs and brushes and clippers but leave the iron on the kitchen counter back home.

That’s a Lhasa apso, not a wig. Or hold on: Is it the other way around?

Flat-coated retrievers entering the ring. Wrinkly coated retrievers think they’re just showing off.