The largest annual dog show in the world is back again. Crufts takes place this Thursday 11th March to Sunday 14th March and for the first time in over five years, the Gundog group has shot into favourite position to win the Best In Show Award.
Paddy Power make the group their 4/9 red-hot favourite following a flurry of bets this week. The last time a gundog won the Best In Show prize was in 1999. Throughout the years, the Hound and Terrier groups have always proved more popular with the judges.
The Hound group is the 5/1 second favourite to win Best In Show, while it’s 6/1 the winner comes from the popular Terrier group.
Both the Pastoral and Utility groups are 8/1 shots to produce this year’s top dog while the Working group is 9/1. The Toy Group, having won the award just twice in the eighty-one years the competition has been running, is the 12/1 outsider to emerge victorious.
Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “The Terrier Group has a fantastic track record at Crufts but this year most of the money has been for the Gundog group. To be fair it has been over a decade since the Gundog group produced a winner so it’s long overdue!”
Paddy Power are also quoting odds on the ‘Friends For Life’ award, recognising dogs that have gone above and beyond the call of duty and changed their owner’s lives forever. Sergeant Dave Heyhoe and his Labrador Treo (an Arms Explosive Dog) are the favourites to win the award with Paddy Power at 2/5.
Best In Show Winner
- 4/9 Gundog
- 5/1 Hound
- 6/1 Terrier
- 8/1 Pastoral
- 8/1 Utility
- 9/1 Working
- 12/1 Toy
Friends for Life Winner
- 2/5 Sergeant Dave Heyhoe and Treo
- 5/1 Jess and Jody
- 6/1 Karen and Coco
- 7/1 Paula and Bouncer
- 8/1 Sam and Josie
