historical records / conformation records
Best In Show Records
BEST IN SHOW HANDLERS
The handlers for the Best In Show winning dogs are unknown for 1910, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1922
MOST BEST IN SHOW WINS AS A HANDLER
| 4 | *Percy Roberts | 1926 1927 1934 1937 |
| 4 | *Peter Green | 1968 1977 1994 1998 |
| 3 | Donald Munro | 1907 1908 1909 |
| 3 | *Anne Hone Rogers | 1956 1959 1961 |
| 3 | *Gabriel Rangel | 2010 2014 2019 |
| 2 | John G. Bates | 1930 1931 |
| 2 | *McClure Halley | 1932 1939 |
| 2 | *Robert Gorman | 1942 1958 |
| 2 | H.E. Mellenthin | 1940 1941 |
| 2 | *Nate Levine | 1947 1951 |
| 2 | *Peter Knoop | 1952 1953 |
| 2 | *George Ward | 1962 1985 |
| 2 | *Clint Harris | 1971 1972 |
| 2 | *William Trainor | 1979 1982 |
| 2 | *Michelle Ostermiller | 2004 2005 |
| 2 | *Kellie Fitzgerald | 2000 2007 |
| 2 | *Scott Sommer | 2001 2009 |
| 2 | *Bill McFadden | 2003 2018 |
| 2 | David Fitzpatrick | 2012 2021 |
BEST IN SHOW WINS BY FEMALE HANDLERS
| 1935 | Mrs. Sherman Hoyt |
| 1956 | *Anne Hone Rogers |
| 1957 | Sunny Shay |
| 1959 | *Anne Hone Rogers |
| 1960 | *Clara Alford |
| 1961 | *Anne Hone Rogers |
| 1970 | *Jane Kamp Forsyth |
| 1974 | *Jo Shellenbarger |
| 1978 | Maureen Lutovsky |
| 1980 | Trish Kanzler |
| 1984 | *Gerlinde Hockla |
| 1995 | *Maripi Wooldridge |
| 1996 | *Jane Alston Myers |
| 2000 | *Kellie Fitzgerald |
| 2004 | *Michelle Ostermiller |
| 2005 | *Michelle Ostermiller |
| 2006 | *Kathryn Kirk |
| 2007 | *Kellie Fitzgerald |
| 2011 | *Angela Lloyd |
| 2016 | *Valerie Nunes-Atkinson |
| 2020 | *Chrystal Murray Clas |
| 2022 | *Heather Buehner (fka Helmer) |
| 2023 | *Janice Hayes |
HUSBAND AND WIFE HANDLERS TO EACH WIN BEST IN SHOW
| 1964 | Bob Forsyth |
| 1970 | Jane Kamp Forsyth |
BREEDER-OWNER-HANDLER WINNING BEST IN SHOW
| 1918 | R. H. Elliott |
| 1921 | William T. Payne |
| 1940 | H. E. Mellenthin |
| 1941 | H. E. Mellenthin |
| 1945 | T. H. Snethen |
| 1957 | Sunny Shay |
| 1969 | Walter Goodman |
| 1983 | Chris Terrell |
| 2016 | Valerie Nunes-Atkinson |
| 2017 | Kent Boyles |
| 2021 | David Fitzpatrick |
| 2022 | Heather Buehner (fka Helmer) |
