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![Tarrytown, NY - June 22, 2022: Maltese, winner of Toy Group competes in Best in Show final at 146th annual Westminster Kennel Club show at Lyndhurst Mansion Stock Photo - Alamy Tarrytown, NY - June 22, 2022: Maltese, winner of Toy Group competes in Best in Show final at 146th annual Westminster Kennel Club show at Lyndhurst Mansion Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2JDRB5M/tarrytown-ny-june-22-2022-maltese-winner-of-toy-group-competes-in-best-in-show-final-at-146th-annual-westminster-kennel-club-show-at-lyndhurst-mansion-2JDRB5M.jpg)
Tarrytown, NY - June 22, 2022: Maltese, winner of Toy Group competes in Best in Show final at 146th annual Westminster Kennel Club show at Lyndhurst Mansion Stock Photo - Alamy
![A Maltese is shown in the ring during the Toy group competition during the 140th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP A Maltese is shown in the ring during the Toy group competition during the 140th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2N09K44/a-maltese-is-shown-in-the-ring-during-the-toy-group-competition-during-the-140th-westminster-kennel-club-dog-show-monday-feb-15-2016-at-madison-square-garden-in-new-york-ap-photomary-altaffer-2N09K44.jpg)