International teams chase medals at world agility championship in Spain

Courtney Moore and Butter put the 250mm jumping gold on the board at Club Hipico Mouratours in Godella, Valencia, as the 2026 World Agility Championship’s latest medal update showed just how deep and international the field had become. The championship ran April 27 through May 3, with 14 countries competing in a record-entry event at the same Spanish site that hosted the 2017 worlds.

The medal list stretched across the height divisions and rewarded precision as much as speed. In individual jumping, Courtney Moore and Butter won the 250mm class, Dawn Weaver and Chipmunk took the 300mm title, Dave Russell and Tolly topped the 400mm division, Fabrizio Cordioli and Princess won 500mm, and Kassandra Harink and Blaze claimed the 600mm gold. Standard agility brought another win for Moore and Butter in 250mm, while Martin Tait and Tatty captured 300mm, Viennalisa Di Tullio and Witch won 400mm, Jason-Elvis Metivier and Kyo took 500mm, and Patrick Martin and Hiva secured the 600mm crown.

That spread of names mattered as much as the medal colors. The podiums included handlers and dogs from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and other nations, with silver and bronze places also going to teams from Belgium, the Netherlands, South Africa and Argentina in different classes. For a sport built on timing, teamwork and clean lines, the results showed how much pressure now sits on every run when handlers from so many countries meet on the same courses.

IFCS used the championship to underline the structure of the sport itself. Jumping strips away the contact-zone obstacles and leaves a fast, technical race; standard agility keeps the full sequence of obstacles, judged against time and faults. Beyond those headline classes, the federation also ran medal events in individual all-around, biathlon, triathlon, gamblers and snooker, which is why the world championship reads more like a full week of elite competition than a single final.

The event setup matched that scale. IFCS listed live streaming, results, medal count, tourism, entry form, judges, event rules and schedule on the WAC 2026 page, and identified Valencia, about 21 kilometers from the venue, as the closest airport, with Madrid and Barcelona as longer-haul options. The championship also had support from the Spanish Federation of Agility and Canine Education, known as FEAEC.

By the end of the week in Godella, the pattern was hard to miss: Courtney Moore and Butter’s repeat golds, Patrick Martin and Hiva’s 600mm standard win, and a medal table that stretched across continents all pointed to the same thing. At this level, the sport belongs to the teams that can turn a clean, fast run into a championship result when the course gets sharp and the margins get small.