Winners Dog Meets Winners Bitch

After both Winners Dog and Winners Bitch have been selected (and their Reserve Winners chosen), the two come together for Best of Winners (BOW).

This is the first and only time in the regular judging process that a dog and a bitch compete directly against each other. Throughout the class competition, they were always judged separately.

The judge compares Winners Dog and Winners Bitch and selects one as Best of Winners, awarding the blue-and-white ribbon.

In practice, Best of Winners is usually judged as part of the Best of Breed competition (which also includes champions/Specials), but the BOW decision itself is a straightforward comparison between the two Winners.