Many want to learn more about the Crufts 2025 winner Miuccia, the first Italian dog to win Best in Show in the show’s history. Giovanni Liguori, the handler for the female whippet, has a lot of experience working with the breed. Miuccia is the fourth whippet to win the highest prize in the competition, which was first held in 1891. Here’s what we know about the Crufts-winning whippet Miuccia for 2025.
What is the age and birthday of the Crufts whippet Miuccia?
The Crufts-winning whippet Miuccia is nearly four years old, as of March 10, 2025.
According to Breed Archive, an online platform where owners can share the history and pedigree of their dogs, Miuccia’s birthday is July 27, 2021.
Its show name is “Una Donna che Conta,” which means “a women who matters” in English (via Google Translate), and has a self-described “fawn brindle” coat color with “white markings.”
Before winning Crufts 2025, Miuccia was also the FCI European Winner in 2023, the Montenegro Jr Champion, and the Italian, Norwegian, and Swedish Conformation champion (just to name a few).
Who are the whippet Miuccia’s parents?
The parents for the whippet Miuccia are the father Runo (call name Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) and mother Sexxy (call name Sobresalto XXX).
Also via Breed Archive, Runo has a red brindle and white color coat and his birthday is August 26, 2018, which means he was around 3 years old when Miuccia was born. Meanwhile, Sexxy also has a red brindle and white color coat and her birthday is January 20, 2014, so she was almost twice as old at the time at 7 years old.
Based in Bari, Italy, Giovanni Liguori is the owner or co-owner of 15 other dogs and has been the breeder for 62 other dogs.
As a result of her pedigree, Miuccia has a 5.92% for “coefficient of in-breeding” (or COI), as of March 10, 2025. According to The Institute of Canine Biology, the purpose of this number is to show “the deleterious effects” of in-breeding, saying that they “become evident at a COI of about 5%.” There is a “significant loss of vitality in the offspring” at a COI of 10%.
