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NEW YORK – When the Westminster Kennel Club dog show added an agility competition a decade ago, it opened U.S. dogdom's most elite door to mixed breeds for the first time since the late 1800s.

Cynthia Hornor poses with Nimble, the first mixed-breed dog ever to win the Westminster Kennel Club dog show's agility competition, on the show grounds at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — A mixed-breed dog has won the Westminster Kennel Club dog show’s agility prize for the first time. A border collie-papillion mix, aptly named Nimble, outran and outmaneuvered ...

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When the Westminster Kennel Club dog show added an agility competition a decade ago, it opened U.S. dogdom’s most elite door to mixed breeds for the first time since the late 1800s.

A mixed-breed dog — a border collie-papillon mix, aptly named Nimble — has won the Westminster Kennel Club dog show's agility prize for the first time.

Meanwhile, a 10-year-old border collie- and-probably- Labrador retriever mix named Moses won a special award for the top mixed-breed dog. Bounding with gusto, he outdid some purebred rivals.

There's a tempest in the mixed-breed world right now about the ethics of breeding so-called "sport" or "designer" dogs specifically for the agility competition and other performance events.