2023 Westminster Dog Show: TV Coverage, Live Stream Schedule for Tuesday

For the first time ever, the 2023 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will take place from the historic USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows.

Approximately 200 different breeds of dog will compete for the honor of winning the second longest-running sporting event, behind the Kentucky Derby, with the prestigious "Best in Show" title awarded Tuesday to the most outstanding participant

Trumpet, the first Bloodhound to ever win the entire event, took home the Best in Show honors a year ago. Can another breed achieve a first-time victory or will a traditional one return to the winner's circle?

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TV Schedule for Tuesday, May 9

Junior Showmanship Prelims and Breed judging (Sporting, Working and Terrier) (1:00 p.m., FS2)

Group judging (Sporting, Working and Terrier), followed by Junior Showmanship Finals and Best in Show (7:30 p.m., FS1)

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Streaming

Live streaming via the Fox Sports App and WestminsterKennelClub.org beginning at 8:00 a.m.

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What to Watch For

This year's show will feature a breed competing for the first time in the Bracco Italiano. According to the American Kennel Club, the dog is, "of strong and harmonious construction, powerful appearance" and "the Bracco is tough and adapted to all types of hunting, reliable, docile, and easy to train."

How that breed fares against its competitors, in a competition that is anything but a cutesy display of man's best friend, remains to be seen. The judges grade dogs on distinct and definitive criteria and the slightest element of performance, be it in appearance or temperament, is the difference between placing and winning the coveted Best of Show.

Winston, a French bulldog partly owned by Los Angeles Chargers defensive end Morgan Fox, is one of the several competitors to keep an eye on.

He finished second a year ago to Trumpet and followed that narrow defeat up with a win in the National Dog Show last November. He has momentum on his side and, more importantly, growing recognition of that particular breed being a favorite of the rich and famous, as the AP pointed out.

The Wire Fox Terrier has the most wins (15) in show history, so it can never truly be counted out of the running for the biggest victory of the dog show year.