{{Short description|Show dog}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox animal | name = Ch. Topscore Contradiction | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | othername = King | species = ''Canis lupus familiaris'' | breed = Poodle (standard) | gender = Male | birth_date = {{Birth date|1998|9|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | occupation = | employer = | role = | years_active = | known = | tricks = | awards = | title = Best in Show at Cruft's | term = 2002–2003 | predecessor = Ch. Jethard Cidevant (Basenji) | successor = Ch. Yakee A Dangerous Liaison (Pekingese) | owner = Mr and Mrs Glenna | parents = | children = | weight = | height = | appearance = | namedafter = | website = }}
'''NORD Ch. Topscore Contradiction''' (born 20 September 1998),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dog Profile {{!}} The Kennel Club|url=https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/search/dog-profile/?dogId=2df3d855-4347-e911-a8aa-002248005544|access-date=2021-12-26|website=www.thekennelclub.org.uk}}</ref> also known as '''King''', was a standard Poodle, who won Best in Show at Crufts in 2002. He was the first overseas dog and the first undocked dog from a breed which was previously docked in the UK to win the title.
==Early life== Topscore Contradiction was owned by Mr and Mrs Glenna, of Porsgrunn, Norway.<ref>{{cite news|title=Crufts Show results|page=42|newspaper=The Times|date=11 March 2002}}</ref> King was never docked as it is illegal in Norway.<ref name=wagging>{{cite news|title=Wagging the dog|page=25|newspaper=The Times|date=15 March 2002}}</ref>
==Show career== King won a number of shows in his native Norway, and in Sweden prior to 2002.<ref name="fore">{{cite news|title=First Foreign Dog Wins at Crufts|url=http://news.sky.com/home/article/10278628|accessdate=18 December 2011|newspaper=Sky News|date=11 March 2002}}</ref> Topscore Contradiction was entered into Crufts in 2002, the year after British quarantine laws were relaxed and foreign dogs were allowed to enter the competition.<ref name=bbcnews2002cruftswinner>{{cite news|title=Norwegian poodle wins Crufts|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1865753.stm|accessdate=18 December 2011|newspaper=BBC News|date=10 March 2002}}</ref> Some 21,000 dogs were entered in the competition that year, 343 of which were dogs brought from overseas specifically to enter the competition; mostly brought over from the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wright|first=Simon|title=Poodle first foreign dog to win Crufts|page=6|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=11 March 2002}}</ref>
Handled by Michael Nilson,<ref>{{cite news|title=Crufts dog show 2002|url=https://www.theguardian.com/pictures/image/0,8543,-10104372245,00.html|accessdate=18 December 2011|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> he competed in the Best in Show round against a Flat-Coated Retriever, a Giant Schnauzer, an Old English Sheepdog, a Saluki, a Wire Fox Terrier and a Pekingese.<ref name=bbcnews2002cruftswinner/> He was named Best in Show, with the Pekingese dog Ch. Yakee A Dangerous Liaison being named Reserve Best in Show.<ref name=crufts2002results>{{cite web|title=Crufts 2002 Results|url=http://crufts.fossedata.co.uk/default.asp?ShowYear=2002|publisher=Crufts|accessdate=18 December 2011}}</ref> The Pekingese would go on to win the event in the following year.<ref name=crufts2003results>{{cite web|title=Crufts 2003 Results|url=http://crufts.fossedata.co.uk/default.asp?ShowYear=2003|publisher=Crufts|accessdate=18 December 2011}}</ref> He was the first foreign dog to win Crufts,<ref name="fore"/> Topscore Contradiction was entered and also the undocked dog from a traditionally docked breed, having won the competition a year before it became illegal to dock a dog in the UK.<ref name=wagging/>
One of his owners, Kari Glenna said of the win, "I don't believe it. I am very excited and very nervous. He is just a family pet, not a show dog. I never expected this."<ref name=bbcnews2002cruftswinner/> The Best in Show judge, Pamela Cross, called him a "poodley poodle", and that "Constructionally he was very well made. He epitomised his breed."<ref name=bbcnews2002cruftswinner/> His victory completed a winning year for the Poodle breed, with miniature Ch. Poodle ''Surrey Spice Girl'' winning Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York earlier in the year.<ref>{{cite news|last=Steel|first=Eric|title=Puttin' On Le Dog|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/18/magazine/puttin-on-le-dog.html|accessdate=18 December 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=18 August 2002}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.crufts.org.uk/ Crufts Official Website]
Category:Best in Show winners of Crufts Category:Individual animals in Norway Category:1998 animal births