When asked what makes the corgi community special, Rick Garcia, whose dog, Reed, ran this weekend, said it was fairly simple. “It’s the way they actually control their owners,” he said.

While Goose, an agile Corgi, scampered toward the finish line in a quick win, everyone agreed who the real champion of the race was: Yumi, a 14-year-old handicapped Corgi who came in second-to-last.