What is super stakes exactly?

The PKC breeder's program, commonly called Super Stakes, leads all registries in providing accurate pedigree information substantiated by a mandatory DNA-profiling system. Sires, dams and offspring must each be DNA-profiled in order for the pups to be litter registered and to participate in the Super Stakes Championships. Breeders as well as participants are eligible to compete each year for phenomenal cash awards in the Super Stakes program.

At the core of the PKC phenomenon is its breeder's program, now recognized far and wide as "Super Stakes." Super Stakes is the official PKC breeder's program, initiated by PKC in 1989. Fundamentally, the owners of sires join the PKC Breeder's Association. They then enroll their stud dogs as PKC Super Stakes Sires each year. The offspring of those sires are eligible to participate in annual Super Stakes Championships as one and two-year olds.

Breeders and sire owners compete for annual Sire of the Year and Breeder of the Year awards and the awards are phenomenal!

In its first year of existence in 1989, twenty-three sires were enrolled and the Super Stakes Championship purse for the eleven participating offspring was approximately $5000. Currently, sire enrollment has risen to more than 500 sires with the top winning one and two-year olds earning $17,500 and $12,000 respectively. The PKC Super Stakes program has grown to the degree that the championships for each age division are now held twice each year!