Crufts 2025 Results: Best in Show, Attendance and Key Highlights

Crufts 2025 was a four-day international dog show, and Miuccia the Whippet won Best in Show

Crufts 2025 ran from 6 to 9 March 2025 at the NEC in Birmingham. More than 18,000 dogs competed across the four days, with seven group winners eventually reaching the Best in Show final.

The official Royal Kennel Club announcement confirms that Miuccia, a four-year-old Whippet handled by Giovanni Liguori, won Best in Show on Sunday 9 March. Her registered name is Ch/Int/Multi Ch Una Donna Che Conta. The Royal Kennel Club’s winner announcement is the primary source for the final result.

Crufts 2025 quick-results tool

The seven Best in Show finalists

The final brought together the winners of the seven Crufts breed groups. According to the Royal Kennel Club’s final announcement, the finalists were Miuccia the Whippet, Ana the Jack Russell Terrier, Liza the Miniature Schnauzer, Sophia the Papillon, Suzie the Cocker Spaniel, Viking the Tibetan Mastiff and Shake the Australian Shepherd.

Those dogs represented the Hound, Terrier, Utility, Toy, Gundog, Working and Pastoral groups respectively.

Miuccia’s win added another Whippet to Crufts history

The 2025 victory was the fourth Best in Show win for a Whippet at Crufts, according to the official result announcement. That makes the result historically notable without suggesting that breed history predicts future winners.

Crufts maintains a past Best in Show winners archive, which is the better source for historical comparisons than recycled lists on fan sites.

How a dog reaches Best in Show

Crufts is not one enormous class in which every dog competes directly against every other dog. Dogs compete within their breed, successful dogs progress to group competition, and the seven group winners advance to the Best in Show final.

That structure matters when reading results. A dog listed as a group winner has already progressed through breed-level competition before appearing in the final seven.

The Terrier group: Ana the Jack Russell Terrier

Ana, formally Ch Totgree’s Hannabell, won the Terrier Group on Thursday 6 March 2025. The Kennel Club reported that she was two years old, from Italy and handled by Andrea Vallerini.

The official Terrier Group announcement also noted that Ana became a champion that day and secured one of the seven Best in Show places.

The Pastoral group: Shake the Australian Shepherd

Shake, registered as Shepherds of Paradise Tsss Milk Shake Please!, won the Pastoral Group on Sunday 9 March. He was handled by Melanie Raymond and came from France.

The official Pastoral Group report confirmed his qualification for the Best in Show final later that evening.

The other group finalists

The remaining finalists were Liza the Miniature Schnauzer, Sophia the Papillon, Suzie the Cocker Spaniel and Viking the Tibetan Mastiff. Rather than reproduce secondary summaries that may omit registered names or classes, readers looking for class-by-class detail should use the official Crufts results hub.

The results hub also separates breed results from agility, Young Kennel Club and other competition results, which prevents different competitions from being mixed together.

Why the Crufts result pages can be confusing after the event

Live-event websites change over time. A page that displayed 2025 results during the event may later point visitors toward the newest edition. That is why a historical recap should anchor key claims to dated Royal Kennel Club media releases and the past-winners archive rather than relying on a current homepage banner.

What Crufts actually celebrates

Crufts includes far more than breed conformation. The event features agility, obedience, heelwork to music, Young Kennel Club competitions, breed discovery and other activities around dogs and dog ownership.

That broader context matters because “Crufts winner” can refer to many competitions. Best in Show specifically refers to the final conformation award.

Best in Show is not a health certificate for every dog of that breed

A high-profile win can increase public interest in a breed, but prospective owners should not choose a breed because it won Crufts. Breed suitability depends on temperament, exercise, grooming, health screening and the household’s lifestyle.

PetsFilled’s positive-reinforcement dog training guide is more relevant to everyday ownership than copying show-ring presentation.

How to verify a Crufts claim

When you see a claim such as “X won Crufts 2025,” check what was actually won. Was it Best in Show, a group, a breed class, agility or another competition? Then check the official Crufts or Royal Kennel Club result.

This simple verification prevents a breed-class win from being incorrectly reported as the overall show win.

Attendance and entries are not the same thing

The official final announcement reports more than 18,000 dogs competing over four days. This is a canine competition figure, not a count of people attending. When comparing show size, keep the measure attached to the number: dogs competing, entries and human attendance describe different things. This recap does not provide a separately verified visitor-attendance total.

The significance of international entries

The 2025 final reflected Crufts’ international reach. The overall winner came from Italy, while finalists also included dogs associated with other European countries. Crufts has long attracted exhibitors from outside the United Kingdom, and the international composition of the final is one reason the event receives attention beyond Britain.

Where to watch the 2025 final now

Crufts maintains official video channels and published a replay of the 2025 Best in Show final. For historical viewing, use the official Crufts channel rather than clips with missing context or mislabeled winners.

Checking the correct event year

The results in this article belong to the 2025 edition, held from 6 to 9 March. If you are checking a later show, confirm the event year on the official result before comparing winners. A current homepage banner may describe a newer event even when a linked archive still contains the 2025 record.

Who won Reserve Best in Show in 2025?

Viking, the Tibetan Mastiff handled by Gabriele Stafuzza from Romania, won Reserve Best in Show. The Royal Kennel Club’s dated 9 March 2025 announcement confirms that result alongside Miuccia’s Best in Show win. Reserve Best in Show is a separate final award; it should not be confused with a breed-class placement or another competition at the event.

Source-checking tool for historical dog-show results

For any past show, verify the event year first, then use a dated organizer or kennel-club announcement for the headline winner. Use the official results database for breed or group detail, and use an archive for historical comparisons. If a current event homepage conflicts with a dated 2025 release, the dated release is the better evidence for what happened in 2025.

This method also protects against a common search-result problem: old articles with updated page templates can display a newer event date in the header while the body still describes the earlier competition.

Finding a breed, class or discipline result

For a particular breed or class, open the official results hub and check the year, breed, class and award shown. For agility, obedience or another discipline, use that competition’s own results rather than the Best in Show list. A group finalist’s name alone does not answer who placed in an individual breed class.

2025 results summary

• Crufts 2025 took place from 6–9 March at the NEC Birmingham.
• More than 18,000 dogs competed.
• Seven group winners reached the Best in Show final.
• Miuccia the Whippet, handled by Giovanni Liguori, won Best in Show.
• Patsy Hollings judged the Best in Show final.
• The win was the fourth Crufts Best in Show victory for a Whippet.

The practical bottom line

If you came here for the central Crufts 2025 result, it is straightforward: Miuccia the Whippet won Best in Show on 9 March 2025. The rest of the event was much larger than that one award, so use the official Crufts results hub for breed, agility and other competition details, and dated Royal Kennel Club releases for historical claims.