{"id":813640,"date":"2026-03-09T04:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/813640\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T04:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:40:17","slug":"crufts-2026-day-4-results-as-gundog-winner-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/813640\/","title":{"rendered":"Crufts 2026 Day 4 results as Gundog winner announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

We now have our seven finalists who will go through to Best in Show!\"Soloist,<\/p>\n

Soloist, a Clumber Spaniel, has won the Gundog group(Image: Crufts)<\/p>\n

The final group category has been judged at Crufts before we find out who wins Best in Show tonight.<\/p>\n

A Clumber Spaniel named Soloist has been crowned the winner of the Gundogs after being assessed by judges in the Main Arena at Birmingham<\/a> National Exhibition Centre.<\/p>\n

Gundog breeds mostly come from the UK and Europe, although there are a few American additions, and, as the name suggests, were bred to help those hunting game with guns.<\/p>\n

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Breeds include Spaniels, Pointers and Setters and while work needs to be put in to maintain their active lifestyles, they are described as ‘the perfect family dog.’<\/p>\n

And they are typically big winners at Crufts<\/a>. They are the most successful group when it comes to winning Best in Show, with 26 wins over the years.<\/p>\n

Here are the full results for the Gundog final 2026 at Crufts.<\/p>\n

Full list of 2026 winners for Utility Group<\/p>\n

Winner of Utility Group 2026: <\/strong>Vanitonia Soloist, Breed: Spaniel (Clumber) (Mr L A S Cox)<\/p>\n

Reserve<\/strong>: Zheridons Blanche, Breed: Spaniel (Cocker) (Mr D C & Mr M D Todd & Rahman)<\/p>\n

Third: <\/strong>Ch Caci\u2019s Fifty Shades of Music Ww23\/24\/25 Euw-25 Nordv-25, Breed: Retriever (Flat Coated) (Miss Jenny Andersson)<\/p>\n

Fourth: <\/strong>Alolfrana Electra, Breed: Irish Setter (Mrs R D Danks-Kemish)<\/p>\n

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Full list of 2025 winners for Gundog group<\/p>\n

Winner of Gundog group 2025: <\/strong>Spaniel (Cocker): Sh Ch Zheridons Blanche (Mr D C & Mr M D Todd & Rahman), known as Suzie<\/p>\n

Reserve: <\/strong>Pointer: Sh Ch Wilchrimane Frankly Darlin (Miss, Mrs & Mrs Siddle, Siddle & Medeiros)<\/p>\n

Third: <\/strong>Retriever (Labrador): Sh Ch\/int Ch\/nld Ch Lab Spb Gazprom Ew23\/24 (Mr S Nugteren)<\/p>\n

Fourth: <\/strong>Spaniel (Clumber): Sh Ch Vanitonia Soloist (Mr L A S Cox)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We now have our seven finalists who will go through to Best in Show! Soloist, a Clumber Spaniel,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,234267,393,4884,8158,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-813640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-crufts","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-nec-birmingham","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116197381010520839","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}