Border Collie ‘Truant’ Wins 2023 Masters Agility Championship at Westminster

Originally published at AKC.org.

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More than 350 dogs competed in the 10th Annual Masters Agility Championship at Westminster with the event held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY, on Saturday, May 6, 2023. Each competitor ran through two rounds of competition, whittling down to the final 50 competitors.

Champions were announced in each of the six height divisions (8″, 12″, 16″, 20″, and 24″), as well as an All-American Champion, and Masters Agility Champion for the dog with the fastest time and cleanest run. Six-and-a-half-year-old Border Collie, Truant, took home the top prize and was handled by Cynthia Horner. Horner and Truant won the 20-inch height division, running the fastest clean round to take home the 2023 Masters Agility Championship title.

See the fastest dogs below.

Masters Agility Champion

Truant the Border Collie

Call Name: Truant

Registered Name: NAC MACH On Target’s Don’T Be Late! MXB MJM MXF T2B

Breed: Border Collie

Handler: Cynthia Horner

Age: 6.5

Time: 28.68 seconds

All American Dog

Score the All American Dog

Call Name: Score

Registered Name: MACH2 He Shoots, He Scores RN MXB2 MJB2 MFB T2B SWD SWM

Breed: All American

Handler: Teresa Rodney

Age: 7

Time: 38.96 seconds

8-Inch Division

Purchase the Papillon

Call Name: Purchase

Breed: Papillon

Handler: Carol Kelly

Time: 32.01

12-Inch Division

Swindle the Shetland Sheepdog

Call Name: Swindle

Breed: Shetland Sheepdog

Handler: Abigail Beasley

Time: 28.39

16-Inch Division

Bee the Shetland Sheepdog

Call Name: Bee

Breed: Shetland Sheepdog

Handler: Jennifer Crank

Time: 28.27 seconds

20-Inch Division

Truant the Border Collie

Call Name: Truant

Registered Name: NAC MACH On Target’s Don’T Be Late! MXB MJM MXF T2B

Breed: Border Collie

Handler: Cynthia Horner

Age: 6.5

Time: 28.68 seconds

24-Inch Division

Howie the Border Collie

Call Name: Howie

Breed: Border Collie

Handler: Amber McCune

Time: 34.17 seconds

For full Masters Agility Championship results, visit the Westminster Kennel Club website.