Aimhi Side Bet Wins Best in Show at Alamance Kennel Club

Aimhi Side Bet, entered under variations of the registered name seen in show listings, was listed at #1 in Alamance Kennel Club’s March 5, 2026 placements with handler Amy Rutherford and owners B Miller, P Holson & A Rutherford and breeder A Rutherford. The Canine Chronicle placement list shows: #1 GCHB Aimhi Side Bet (Smooth Fox Terrier) handled by Amy Rutherford; #2 GCHG Christhill Ace of Hearts D’Azul BN RI (Australian Terrier) handled by Julie Rock; #3 GCH Hawkhaven Royal Doulton (Scottish Terrier) owned and bred by R Benson; #4 CH Verdant’s Gutsy Gunter (Norwich Terrier) owned by L Hanes and bred by C W Chen & C Trexler.

Social posts and video of the weekend identify the dog variously by call name and give differing judge attributions. An Instagram excerpt reads, “The two-year-old male, Wager—officially known as GCHB CH Aimhi Side Bet—earned top honors under judge Ms. Polly Smith of Pinehurst, NC, besting” (post truncated). A video clip posted to YouTube states, “The 2-year-old Dante Wager the smooth fox Terrier that's a great win for Amy Rutherford and a beautiful smooth Fox Terrier wins the final group.” Those social sources align on the dog being two years old and credited to handler Amy Rutherford, but they name Ms. Polly Smith; a separate event summary in the supplied materials names Mrs. Cindy Vogels as the Best in Show judge, creating a direct conflict in the record.

The Aimhi kennel and Amy Rutherford’s involvement are consistent across multiple listings. An Arrowhead Kennel Club entry from February 8, 2026 lists the same registration, handler and ownership credits for GCHB Aimhi Side Bet and identifies show photographer Bob Kohler (bobkohlerphoto@me.com) on that show’s page. Decorumsmooths pedigree fragments in the supplied material show the Aimhi line and related entries, including CH Aimhi Do Over (sex male, date of birth September 9, 2020, breeder and owner Amy Rutherford) and ancestor names such as CH Aimhi Type Cast, Aimhi Millionaire Matchmaker (AKC# RN22929001 appears in the fragments), and multiple multi-champion Belfox entries; color notes in the pedigree fragments list Black, Tan & White for several Aimhi dogs.

The Canine Chronicle copy that published the Alamance placements included the publication’s standard disclaimer that “these results are not official and may be subject to change once official results are submitted to AKC.” The supplied excerpts also show inconsistent title prefixes for Aimhi Side Bet across sources - GCHB, GCHS, and CH appear in different snippets - and a blank “Total Entry:” field in the Chronicle excerpt. Until the Alamance Kennel Club bulletin or AKC-submitted results confirm judge names, exact suffixes and the official AKC registration on file, the placement as published and the social-media reports together record Aimhi Side Bet’s top placement on March 5, 2026 under handler Amy Rutherford and owners B Miller, P Holson & A Rutherford, with the Aimhi kennel pedigree running through multiple Aimhi champions and related lines.