“THE MOST IMPORTANT DOG SHOW IN THE WORLD IS AT THE STARTING BLOCKS. BETWEEN 5 AND 8 MARCH, MORE THAN 27,000 WITH MORE THAN 220 BREEDS OF DOGS WILL COMPETE FOR THE PRIZE. WINNING THE CRUFTS IS THE DREAM OF LIFE FOR EVERY FARMER, FOR THE PRESTIGE THAT FOLLOWS. IN FACT THIS IS NOT AN EVERY EXHIBITION, THE SAME QUEEN VICTORY HAD HER DOGS EXPOSED, WINNING. THE CRUFT WAS DESIGNED IN 1891 BY A COOKIE SELLER FOR DOGS: CHARLES CRUFT, WHO FIRST UNDERSTANDED THE NEED TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF DOG EXPO. IT WAS ORIGINALLY RESERVED FOR THE TERRIER BREED ONLY. THE OPENING EVENT WAS DEFINED "THE FIRST GREAT SHOW OF THE TERRIER BREED". IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT ONLY FIVE YEARS LATER IT WAS DEFINED "THE GREATEST DOG SHOW" AND OPEN TO ALL BREEDS. AS SAID, IT WAS SPONSORED BY QUEEN VICTORY AND BECAME A "REAL" EVENT. IN 1891 HIS DOGS VINSERO, A COLLIE AND TWO POMERANIA. IN 1892 OTHER EUROPEAN ROYALS TAKEN PART: THE PRINCESS OF WALES WITH A POMERANIA, THE GRAND DUKE NICHOLUS OF RUSSIA AND THE PRINCE OF BATTEMBURG RESPECTIVELY WITH A BORZOI AND A COLLIE. THE CRUFTS ONLY IS INTERRUPTED DURING THE TWO WARS AND IN 1954 DUE TO A STRIKE BY THE ELECTRICIANS. AT CRUFTS A SILVER TROPHY IS WON NAME FROM ROBERT KEDDALL: (ROBERT KENDALL TROPHY) WHO DIRECTED THE SHOW FOR THIRTY YEARS. OBVIOUSLY THE PRESTIGE THAT A FARM GETS BY WINNING THIS PRIZE IS NOT ECOMICALLY QUANTIFIABLE, IT IS THE CROWN OF A GREAT SELECTION WORK. NOT ONLY ON THE STANDARD, ALSO ON HEALTH. IN 1991 ON THE OCCASION OF THE CENTENARY IT WAS RECOGNIZED BY GUINNES DEI PRIMATI AS THE LARGEST DOG SHOW IN THE WORLD. THE EVENT IS ORGANIZED BY THE KENNEL CLUB AT THE NATIONAL EXIBITION CENTER (NEC) IN BIRMINGHAM. IT IS NOT AN OPEN EVENT. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SIGN UP BUT YOU MUST HAVE WON A SERIES OF IMPORTANT EXPO RELATED KENNEL CLUB TO BE ELIGIBLE. THE KENNEL CLUB IS THE LARGEST CHINOPHILIC ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TODAY AND HAS MADE TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF DOGS AND THEIR WELL-BEING IN GENERAL. IN 1952 THE YEAR OF KING GIORGIO'S DEATH IT SEEMED THAT THE EXPO CANNOT BE HELD, BUT IT WAS AUTHORIZED AND WON A NINE MONTHS OLD ENGLISH BULLDOG PUPPY: MR JOHN T BERNARD'S NOWAYS CHUCKLES. BEFORE 1928 THE TITLE GRANTED WAS BEST CHAMPION, TITLE COINED IN 1905 AND USED UNTIL 1914. WHILE THE FIRST BEST IN SHOW OF 1928 WAS A GREYHOUND NAME PRIMLEY SCEPTER OF MR. HERBERT WHITLEY. CRUFTS IS A SET OF DIFFERENT CONTEMPORARY COMPETITIONS, THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THE BEST IN SHOW. TO GET TO THE FINAL CHOICE, DOGS CONCOŔRONO FIRST BY CATEGORIES: DIVIDED BY BREED, GENDER, AGE AND PREVIOUS CLASS VICTORIES. EACH TITLE IS AWARDED FOR BOTH MALE AND FEMALE. THE WINNERS COMPETE AGAIN FOR THE CC CERTIFICATE. THE WINNER DETERMINES THE BEST OF BREED. AFTER HAVING CHOSEN THE BEST OF THE BREED, THE BEST OF THE GROUP IS CHOSEN. WHO IN THEIR OWN COMPETITION FOR THE BEST IN SHOW. THE BREED THAT HAS THE MOST BEST IN SHOW IS THE ENGLISH COCKER SPANIEL WHO HAS CONQUERED THE TROPHY SEVEN TIMES. OF THE SEVEN TITLES SIX WERE CONQUERED BY BREEDER HERBERT SUMMERS LLOYD. WHILE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL GROUP IS THE GUNDOG. AFTER LLOYD THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BREEDER WAS COUNTESS LORNA HOWE WITH HER LABRADOR RETRIEVER. THE HISTORY OF CRUFTS IS FULL OF ANECDOTES AND CHARACTERS. WONDERFUL DOGS AND SOME DISPUTE AS IT IS NORMAL FOR EVENTS OF THIS LEVEL.”