Crufts 2014: the world's biggest dog show in pictures
The world's largest dog show is set to return with the four-day event starting on March 6.
Taking place in Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre, the self-dubbed "biggest and best celebration of dogs," per Crufts website, will comprise of four-days worth of varied contests.
Showcasing the dogs' skills, using tests in agility, obedience and rally, as well as showing and ringcraft, dogs and their owners will take part in the hotly-contested tournament, as well as battling for the crown of Best In Show.
Broken up across breed categories, one dog from each group—Working, Utility, Hound, Pastoral, Toy, Terrier and Gundog—will reach the final round to compete for the Best In Show title on the final day.
The event will conclude on March 9, and with just one bull terrier winning Crufts to date, there's room for Walker and her dogs to pick up an historic victory this time around.
Abraxas Audacity's win in 1972, per AllPosters, was the last time that a bull terrier won the tournament, with the Staffordshire relative yet to pick up a victory since the competition's formation in 1891.
But a win for the Staffies this time around would not only create history, but open up the competition to other breeds and give more varied competition to the dog lovers' event.
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