This Hall of Fame honors all the basenjis that have won Best in Show in the United States since the breed was accepted for competition at AKC shows through December 31, 2011 Any basenji that wins such an honor has earned the right to be on this list because each dog listed is a representative of the breed. It’s not about who is at the other end of the lead; it’s about the dog and our breed, and how each dog is valued and appreciated not only among the basenji fancy but by the fancy as a whole. The first basenji to go Best in Show in the United States was a bitch, CH Dainty Dancer of Glenairly in 1958. She was followed by two more bitches, CH Lepper’s Nik Nak and CH Lutes Mona Lisa. It wasn’t until 1968 that the first male basenji earned this honor - CH Betsy Ross’ Kingola of Ber-Vic. A keen eye will spot that Philo’s Blaze of Koko Crater won a Best in Show in Hawaii in 1956 and may wonder why he isn’t recognized as the first basenji in the United States to win Best in Show. History was against him, one might say. Hawaii was a territory at that time -- a territory that was admitted into the Union on August 21, 1959 as the 50th state. Title Dog Name CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH DC CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH
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Zindika’s Johnny Come Greatly (1st brindle BIS) 59 BR Calaz Executive Embasi 38 R Grandquest Kazor’s Motumbo Xequemate 27 (Hawaii) R Sonbar’s Celestial Wizard 24 R Music City Serengeti Jazzman 20 R Reveille Re-Up 14 R Reveille Boutonniere, JC 11 R AB-Rafiki The Icon of Cool (most BIS for a tri) 12 T Aleika-Absinthe Rajah’s JR 7 R Blucrest’s Bound for Reveille 7 R Klassic’s Miss Mata Hauri 7 T Betsy Ross’ Joyful Saint 6 R Shadowbye Mitty 6 R Akuaba’s Tornado, JC 5 R Jasiri-Sukari The Illustrated Man, SC 5 BR Reveille Be Sirius 5 R Reveille Do Be Sirius 5 R Arubmec’s Sweet Spot 4 R Eldorado’s Echo Of The Wind 4 BR Kazor Bay-Senji Yuara Natural 4 R Arabrac’s Mountain Mamba (1st tri BIS) 3 T Hacker’s Bud Light 3 R Ingegab Limited Edition 3 T Khajah’s Gay Excaliber 3 R Tri-Tan’s Uzuri Supow Lihu 3 R Betsy Ross’ Kingola of Ber-Vic (1st dog-BIS) 2 R Betsy Ross Melissa 2 R Darp’s Kamili M’Wana 2 R Jasiri-Sukari John Tri-Volta 2 T Kazor’s Intrepid Icebreaker 2 R Lepper’s Nik Nak 2 R Libra’s Apollo of Dehahi 2 R Serengeti Reveille Larkspur 2 R Sonbar’s Phoolish Pleasure at Cumback 2 R Sukari Raider Of The Lost Bark CD, JC, FCh 2 R Thackery Toast Reveille 2 R
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CH Vikentor’s Country Rose CH Akuba’s Mistral CH Anasazi’s Whidbey Osiris CH Arabrac’s Evening In Paris CH Arubmec’s The Victor CH Asias Ready Set Go CH Beacham-Bryn-of-Orion CH Bluestones Wild Buckwheat (first b/w dog) CH Burgundy Wine Sir Gay of Linlo CH Camp’s Dazzling Nazimba CH Changa’s Dan Patch, SC CH C-Quests Point Blank CH Dainty Dancer of Glenairley (1st bitch BIS) CH Hai Aaari Tshiluba CH Hai Aari Golden Dybbuk DC Jasiri’s Jurassic Bark MC GCH Jasiri-Sukari Bucking The Trind CH Jasiri-Sukari Congo-Leezza Rice, JC CH Jasiri-Sukari Fire-N-Lines CH Jen Nell’s Kris Kringle CH Kazor’s Virtuous Virginia CH Kstar’s Adonis of Anubis CH Luddymarie Betsy Ross Melisa CH Lutes Mona Lisa CH Nyanga Reveille Magnolia CH Pero’s Krugerrand Philo’s Blaze of Koko Crater CH Rameses Golden Phoenix CH Reliant Inferno GCH Reveille Push Button CH Reveille Recycle Pickwick CH Reveille Skip to Sundance CH Reveille Tried and True GCH Taji Goes Platinum GCH Taji’s Klassic Lil Black Dress SC (1st b/w bitch) GCH Teaser Signet Bad Romance CH Wakili Signet Dooney
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