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Tue May 14, 2024, 05:20 PM May 2024

Small but mighty Nimble becomes first mixed-breed dog to win Westminster agility title [View all]

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/1251373647/nimble-westminster-agility-mixed-breed

Small but mighty Nimble becomes first mixed-breed dog to win Westminster agility title

MAY 14, 2024 4:52 PM ET
By Rebecca Rosman



Cynthia Hornor poses with Nimble, the first mixed-breed dog ever to win the Westminster Kennel Club dog show's agility competition, in New York on Monday.
Jennifer Peltz/AP


She was nimble, she was oh-so-very quick – with the perfect moniker to match.

A 6-year-old canine from of Ellicott City, Md., named Nimble beat out 350 competitors to become the first mixed-breed dog to win the Westminster Kennel Club's Masters Agility Championship in New York.

"I was surprised," Nimble's handler Cynthia Hornor told NPR. "But she proved that she's the little engine that could."

Nimble, who finished the race in a blistering 28.76 seconds, is a first in more ways than one: She also became the first dog from the 12-inch height division to take home the top prize since the agility competition — itself the first WKC event to allow mixed breeds to compete — was introduced in 2014.

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