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Saint Bernard specialty history
The full record of the Saint Bernard’s national and regional specialties, year by year — dates, venues, judges, entries, and winners, with sources. The current year is shown in full on the breed profile; this page is the archive.
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2026
National specialty
The 88th annual Saint Bernard Club of America National Specialty — Saturday, September 26, 2026, at Peek N Peak Resort & Spa, 1405 Old Road, Clymer, New York, closing a national week that ran September 22–26. The national was judged by Lynn Jech. Best of Breed was GR CH BRONZE Cornerstone’s Let’s Give’m Something To Talk About (“Esther”), a bitch, and Select Bitch was CH Cornerstone’s A Little Less Talk & A Lot More Action (“Edith”).
The national week opened with two regional specialties at Peek N Peak on Tuesday, September 22: the St. Bernard Club of the Finger Lakes specialty in the morning, judged by J Terrio, with 41 dogs and 57 entries, and the Greater Washington St. Bernard Club specialty in the afternoon, judged by S K Nadalin, with 42 dogs and 63 entries.
Results (2026 national). Best of Breed: GR CH BRONZE Cornerstone’s Let’s Give’m Something To Talk About (“Esther”). Select Bitch: CH Cornerstone’s A Little Less Talk & A Lot More Action (“Edith”). Best of Opposite Sex, Winners Dog, Winners Bitch, and entry counts had not been published in an official source as of November 2026 and will be added here when they are.
Regional specialties
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 — Peek N Peak Resort & Spa, Clymer, New York (national week). St. Bernard Club of the Finger Lakes specialty (morning), judged by J Terrio, 41 dogs and 57 entries; Greater Washington St. Bernard Club specialty (afternoon), judged by S K Nadalin, 42 dogs and 63 entries.
Other 2026 regional specialties had not been verified from club or AKC sources as of November 7, 2026.
2025
National specialty
The 87th annual Saint Bernard Club of America National Specialty — Thursday, September 25–Friday, September 26, 2025, at the South Sioux City Marriott Riverfront, 385 East 4th Street, South Sioux City, Nebraska, closing a national week that ran September 21–26. Linda Baker judged the dogs on Thursday and Best of Breed on Friday evening; Paul Bodeving judged the bitches on Friday. Nadene Wahnschaffe-Seymour judged the puppy sweepstakes on Thursday, and Aimee P. Kincaid judged obedience on Thursday and rally on Friday. The national show drew 91 dogs and 94 entries.
Winners Bitch and Best of Winners was CH Cornerstone’s A Little Less Talk & A Lot More Action (“Edith”), seven months old, who also won Best Puppy and Best in Puppy Sweepstakes — and had been Reserve Winners Bitch at the national preshow the same week, also at seven months. Best of Breed, Best of Opposite Sex, and Winners Dog had not been published in an official source as of November 2026.
The national week’s preshows ran Monday, September 22 — the Northern Illinois St. Bernard Club specialty, judged by Martina Ellerova (71 total dogs), and the Maumee Valley St. Bernard Club specialty, with Glenn Radcliffe judging dogs, Cindy Valko judging bitches, and Robert Sykora judging Best of Breed (67 total dogs) — and Tuesday, September 23 — the Heart of America St. Bernard Club specialty, judged by James Fankhauser (68 total dogs), and the Saint Bernard Club of Greater Detroit specialty, judged by Lynn Jech (73 total dogs).
Results (2025 national). Winners Bitch and Best of Winners: CH Cornerstone’s A Little Less Talk & A Lot More Action (“Edith”), who also won Best Puppy and Best in Puppy Sweepstakes. Best of Breed, Best of Opposite Sex, and Winners Dog had not been published in an official source as of November 2026.
Regional specialties
No regional specialties recorded for 2025.
2024
National specialty
The 86th annual Saint Bernard Club of America National Specialty — October 31–November 2, 2024, in Loveland, Colorado, as a National Specialty Cluster. The conformation show on October 31 drew 129 dogs and 137 entries; the national week totaled 132 dogs and 194 entries. Arthur Shook judged Best of Breed, Best of Opposite Sex, and Winners Dog.
Best of Breed was GCHB Cache Retreat Buford II, and Best of Opposite Sex was CH Royal Treasures Bradi. Winners Dog was Keystone’s Im Here For The Audience V Alpine, and Winners Bitch and Best of Winners was Dementhons It’s All About Me V Epic. GCHS Cornerstone’s Lets Give’m Something To Talk (“Esther”) was Select Bitch. The club archive’s record leaves the Winners Bitch judge unclear, so no judge is named for that award here.
Results (2024 national). Best of Breed: GCHB Cache Retreat Buford II. Best of Opposite Sex: CH Royal Treasures Bradi. Winners Dog: Keystone’s Im Here For The Audience V Alpine. Winners Bitch and Best of Winners: Dementhons It’s All About Me V Epic. Select Bitch: GCHS Cornerstone’s Lets Give’m Something To Talk (“Esther”).
Regional specialties
No regional specialties recorded for 2024.