Coupeville Sports

Gabriella Gebhard is wrapping up a stellar career as a Junior Handler.

It’s been a busy, and successful stretch of time for Gabriella Gebhard.

The Coupeville High School senior celebrated her 18th birthday Nov. 7, which also meant she aged out of being a Junior Handler in the dog show world.

With five weekends between the start of a new show year to her cake day, Gebhard and her faithful pooch, Walker (Set’r Ridge’s Legend in the Making), had to go hard to qualify for the two biggest events on the schedule.

That would be Royal Canin, held in Orlando Dec. 12-14, and the Westminster Dog Show, set for Madison Square Garden Feb. 10-11.

Needing to score big, Gebhard did just that, piling up eight Best Juniors, eight class wins, and four Reserve Best Juniors.

She’s currently the top-ranked English Setter Junior Handler, as well as being the #3 Sporting Junior Handler and the #11 All-Breed Junior Handler.

All the ribbons belong to them.

Keeping cool in the heat of the spotlight.