FOX Sports Celebrates Nation’s Top Dogs with CROWNED: INSIDE THE 2018 WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW

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FOX Sports presents CROWNED: INSIDE THE 2018 WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW Sunday, April 1, at 4:00 PM ET on FS1, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the nation’s most prestigious canine event. The one-hour documentary celebrates the love that dogs and humans have for one another, while offering a unique look at one of the country’s longest-running sporting events.

CROWNED follows the stories of some of the most captivating characters from the 142^nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, whether they walk on four legs or two, as they arrive and compete in New York City. Among them:

• Newly married handlers Adam and Katie Bernardin and Ty the Giant Schnauzer, who entered Westminster as the top-ranked dog in the country.
• Jamie Clute, the rock n’ roll handler from South Carolina, and his best friend Slick the Border Collie.
• Valerie Nunes-Atkinson, a Best In Show handler with CJ the German Shorthaired Pointer in 2016, who returns to Madison Square Garden with Lucy the Borzoi.
• Biggie the Pug, who helped handler Esteban Farias and his family grieve after Biggie’s cousin, Rumble, died unexpectedly over the summer.
• Best In Show judge Betty-Anne Stenmark who says of her appointment, “My whole life has prepared me for this.”
• 2018 Best In Show Flynn the Bichon Frise and handler Bill McFadden who have a bond that is “on another planet.”