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Winning Dog Breeds at Westminster, from Dalmatian to Terrier

The Daily Beast finds out which breeds have won the most at Westminster.

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America’s next top pooch will be crowned tomorrow at the Westminster Dog Show, but The Daily Beast combed the history books to find the event’s all-time champions.

Forget Eli Manning and Tom Brady. We’re talking about Casablanca’s Thrilling Seduction and Foxcliffe Hickory Wind. Yes, the Super Bowl for canophiles—the Westminster Dog Show—kicks off today at Madison Square Garden.

For the second year in a row, The Daily Beast wanted to find which breeds can lay claim as the winningest of all time. We updated our 135 years of data of Westminster results with last years’ winners to figure out which breeds historically perform the best across the board, in overall and group wins. To find out Westminster’s best breeds, we again used the following points system:

Best in Show: 10 points  
First place, group: 5 points  
Second place, group: 3 points  
Third place, group: 2 points  
Fourth place, group: 1 point

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Group: Non-sporting  
First year entered: 1877  
Best in Show: 0 times  
1st place, group: 7 times  
2nd place, group: 10 times  
3rd place, group: 8 times  
4th place, group: 7 times

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Group: Herding/Working  
First year entered: 1877  
Best in Show: 1 time  
1st place, group: 6 times  
2nd place, group: 7 times  
3rd place, group: 11 times  
4th place, group: 5 times

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Group: Terrier  
First year entered: 1888  
Best in Show: 1 time  
1st place, group: 6 times  
2nd place, group: 9 times  
3rd place, group: 6 times  
4th place, group: 12 times

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Group: Hound/Sporting  
First year entered: 1877  
Best in Show: 0 times  
1st place, group: 13 times  
2nd place, group: 4 times  
3rd place, group: 7 times  
4th place, group: 3 times

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Group: Sporting  
First year entered: 1877  
Best in Show: 1 time  
1st place, group: 6 times  
2nd place, group: 10 times  
3rd place, group: 13 times  
4th place, group: 2 times

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Group: Terrier  
First year entered: 1881  
Best in Show: 4 times  
1st place, group: 4 times  
2nd place, group: 10 times  
3rd place, group: 4 times  
4th place, group: 9 times

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Group: Sporting  
First year entered: 1877  
Best in Show: 2 times  
1st place, group: 7 times  
2nd place, group: 13 times  
3rd place, group: 5 times  
4th place, group: 7 times

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Group: Non-sporting  
First year entered: 1883  
Best in Show: 0 times  
1st place, group: 8 times  
2nd place, group: 16 times  
3rd place, group: 11 times  
4th place, group: 7 times

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Group: Sporting  
First year entered: 1877  
Best in Show: 0 times  
1st place, group: 9 times  
2nd place, group: 12 times  
3rd place, group: 18 times  
4th place, group: 12 times

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Group: Non-sporting  
First year entered: 1877  
Best in Show: 2 times  
1st place, group: 9 times  
2nd place, group: 14 times  
3rd place, group: 8 times  
4th place, group: 10 times

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Group: Sporting  
First year entered: 1877  
Best in Show: 3 times  
1st place, group: 14 times  
2nd place, group: 5 times  
3rd place, group: 7 times  
4th place, group: 5 times

Kathy Willens / AP Photo

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Group: Terrier  
First year entered: 1912  
Best in Show: 4 times  
1st place, group: 10 times  
2nd place, group: 7 times  
3rd place, group: 9 times  
4th place, group: 5 times

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Group: Herding  
First year entered: 1908  
Best in Show: 1 time  
1st place, group: 14 times  
2nd place, group: 10 times  
3rd place, group: 7 times  
4th place, group: 11 times

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Group: Hound  
First year entered: 1927  
Best in Show: 2 times  
1st place, group: 12 times  
2nd place, group: 12 times  
3rd place, group: 6 times  
4th place, group: 9 times

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Group: Herding/Working  
First year entered: 1888  
Best in Show: 2 times  
1st place, group: 11 times  
2nd place, group: 15 times  
3rd place, group: 9 times  
4th place, group: 7 times

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Group: Toy  
First year entered: 1886  
Best in Show: 1 time  
1st place, group: 14 times  
2nd place, group: 18 times  
3rd place, group: 5 times  
4th place, group: 4 times

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Group: Toy  
First year entered: 1900  
Best in Show: 2 times  
1st place, group: 12 times  
2nd place, group: 14 times  
3rd place, group: 12 times  
4th place, group: 6 times

Kathy Willens / AP Photo

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Group: Working  
First year entered: 1911  
Best in Show: 4 times  
1st place, group: 12 times  
2nd place, group: 12 times  
3rd place, group: 10 times  
4th place, group: 7 times

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Group: Non-sporting  
First year entered: 1932  
Best in Show: 3 times  
1st place, group: 18 times  
2nd place, group: 8 times  
3rd place, group: 12 times  
4th place, group: 7 times

Mary Altaffer / AP Photo

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Group: Terrier  
First year entered: 1877  
Best in Show: 8 times  
1st place, group: 12 times  
2nd place, group: 8 times  
3rd place, group: 5 times  
4th place, group: 9 times

Henny Ray Abrams / AP Photo

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Group: Sporting  
First year entered: 1916  
Best in Show: 6 times  
1st place, group: 14 times  
2nd place, group: 11 times  
3rd place, group: 8 times  
4th place, group: 6 times

Seth Wenig / AP Photo

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Group: Working/Non-sporting  
First year entered: 1914  
Best in Show: 4 times  
1st place, group: 23 times  
2nd place, group: 10 times  
3rd place, group: 11 times  
4th place, group: 7 times

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Group: Toy  
First year entered: 1907  
Best in Show: 3 times  
1st place, group: 24 times  
2nd place, group: 16 times  
3rd place, group: 16 times  
4th place, group: 6 times

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Group: Non-sporting  
First year entered: 1877  
Best in Show: 4 times  
1st place, group: 28 times  
2nd place, group: 10 times  
3rd place, group: 13 times  
4th place, group: 6 times

Jeff Christensen / AP Photo

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Group: Terrier  
First year entered: 1883  
Best in Show: 13 times  
1st place, group: 21 times  
2nd place, group: 15 times  
3rd place, group: 9 times  
4th place, group: 8 times

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