Fastest Basset Hounds — Fast CAT Speed Rankings (2025)

45 Basset Hounds chased the lure into the AKC Fast CAT rankings in 2025, and Northstar Hey Little Songbird blazed to the front at 20.01 mph — 100 yards in a flat 10.22 seconds, clear of the field. The top 10 averaged 18.2 mph, just off 2024's 20.09 mph best — proof of how deep the Basset Hound talent really runs. Dash-Hound members are climbing too, with Bailee Ann (4th) and Tracker (39th) working up the field — log your own dog's runs at dashhound.app and watch it rise.

1. #1 Northstar Hey Little Songbird DCAT SWA SCNE SENE SBNE — Bitch — 20.01 mph
2. #2 Paris of Creekside TD FCAT8 SWN SCE SIA SEA CGC TKN FITB — Bitch — 19.39 mph
3. #3 Taz The Whirly Boy From Tasmania BCAT — 19.31 mph
4. #4 Farm Dog Bailee Ann FCAT2 CGC ATT — Bitch — 18.96 mph
5. #5 Clyde's Country Pride BCAT — 18.06 mph
6. #6 Cooper Sytsma DCAT — 17.63 mph
7. #7 Murphy Pino FDC FCAT6 RATN FITG — 17.46 mph
8. #8 CH 3 Oaks Nutmeg Of Consolation BCAT — 17.39 mph
9. #9 Hocquart Aao Ariel BCAT — Bitch — 17.03 mph
10. #10 Pancake Short Stack Weaver FCAT2 — Bitch — 17.03 mph
11. #11 St. Brigid Of Kildare Pino FDC BCAT SWA SCE SEE SBE CGC STR FITB — Bitch — 16.92 mph
12. #12 Ruger Meister Locked And Loaded RN FDC BCAT CGC TKN — 16.88 mph
13. #13 GCH CH Saggy Bottom's Sassy Lil' Love Bug Of Zen RI FDC CA FCAT2 SWN SCNE SINE SHDN THD CGCA CGCU STR TKA ATT VHMA FITG — Bitch — 16.83 mph
14. #14 Hocquart Churchill Cadillac BCAT — Bitch — 16.79 mph
15. #15 Rapscallion's San Antonio Rose — Bitch — 16.66 mph
16. #16 Reign's Best Chance Of White House BCAT SCN CGC STR TKN — 16.51 mph
17. #17 Steamboat's Twixie D TD BCAT — Bitch — 16.24 mph
18. #18 CH Cmt's Got Struck By Lightening The Intimidator FDC BCAT — 16.04 mph
19. #19 Gus Gus IX ACT2 ACT1J — 16.00 mph
20. #20 CH St Lo's Lady Whistledown BCAT — Bitch — 15.88 mph
21. #21 Mabel Baby DCAT CGC — Bitch — 15.74 mph
22. #22 Lil Bratz To Kill A Mockingbird BN RN FDC BCAT SWN SCA SIA SHDA THDN CGCA CGCU ATT FITB — Bitch — 15.46 mph
23. #23 Soundtrack Mystical Diamonds And Pearls BN RI NAP DCAT ACT1 PSD CGCA TKP — Bitch — 15.41 mph
24. #24 GCHB CH St Lo's After The Rain BCAT — Bitch — 15.30 mph
25. #25 Stanley Of Pawmetto Hounds FDC BCAT — 14.88 mph
26. #26 Grimes Traveler Hank BCAT CGC — 14.74 mph
27. #27 Stout Pino FDC FCAT3 SWNE SWA SCM CGC TKN ATT FITG FTI — 14.61 mph
28. #28 Weeping Willow Luz BCAT — Bitch — 14.61 mph
29. #29 Birnam's Hemi Of Reign CGC STR TKI ATT — 14.56 mph
30. #30 GCHB CH Saggy Bottom's Man Of Constant Sorrow Of Zen DCAT ATT FITB — 14.56 mph
31. #31 Lady Birdie'S Cricket June BCAT CGC TKN — Bitch — 14.48 mph
32. #32 CH Saranade N Zen's The Law Of Surprise DCAT SCN — Bitch — 14.48 mph
33. #33 GCH CH Chasan's Born To Run At L'Ile De Feu DCAT — 14.30 mph
34. #34 GCH CH Lomarol Hounds Nothing Compares To You FDC BCAT CGCA CGCU TKN FITB — 14.13 mph
35. #35 Feenreich's Foxcrest's Alabama Getaway RE FCAT10 SWA RATS CGCA TKI — Bitch — 13.92 mph
36. #36 Wylie Coyote ACT2 ACT2J — 13.81 mph
37. #37 FC Solow Craigwood's Once Upon A Time FCAT — Bitch — 13.61 mph
38. #38 Sir Oliver Etienne McTavish CD BN RM BCAT CGCU TKA — 13.46 mph
39. #39 Barkley's Quick Release FDC DCAT ACT1 ACT1J SWD SWEE SWM SCME SEME SBME SHDME RATO CGCA TKA VHMP FITB FTN — 12.23 mph
40. #40 Snowshoe's Little Bit O' Fun BCAT SCN SEN SBN TKA — Bitch — 12.07 mph
41. #41 Henry Runs Like The Wind And Flies Like A Maniac — 11.98 mph
42. #42 Sundays Lil Wasabi Goosefoot CGC — Bitch — 11.93 mph
43. #43 Tracker XXIX BCAT CGCA CGCU TKI — 11.49 mph
44. #44 Rapscallion's Born To Raise Hel — 7.81 mph
45. #45 CH Zen's Dreamboat Annie RN FDC BCAT CGC ATT FITB — Bitch — 6.30 mph

See full AKC Fast CAT speed rankings — by breed, by year, and all-time — on Dash-Hound.