Fastest Newfoundlands — Fast CAT Speed Rankings (2026)

This season so far, 15 Newfoundlands have chased the lure into the AKC Fast CAT rankings, and right now Nuka sits at the front of the pack — 24.59 mph, 100 yards in 8.32 seconds — on track for a 2nd straight year atop the Newfoundland rankings, narrowly ahead of Smooch Pup Covert (0.08 mph). The top 10 are averaging 21.6 mph, already past last year's 23.77 mph best, and with the season running through 2027, these standings can still shift.

1. #1 Nuka FDC FCAT CGC STR TKI FTN — 24.59 mph
2. #2 Smooch Pup Covert — Bitch — 24.51 mph
3. #3 Bearscamp's Steward Of The Sea DCAT CGCA TKN — 22.15 mph
4. #4 Lonesome Oaks Full Of Jokes RN CGC TKN FITG — 21.34 mph
5. #5 Pine River Finally Gotcha FDC FCAT4 CGCA CGCU TKN ATT FTN — Bitch — 21.33 mph
6. #6 Bearscamp's In My Life RI BCAT CGC — 21.32 mph
7. #7 Jn El Jefe DCAT — 21.31 mph
8. #8 Tapnsap's Challenge Accepted — Bitch — 21.05 mph
9. #9 Bueno BCAT — 20.37 mph
10. #10 Badger II RE BCAT CGCA CGCU TKI — 18.07 mph
11. #11 Mortimer The Brave RN DCAT ACT2 ACT2J — 17.90 mph
12. #12 Threeponds Poseidon's Riptide RN BCAT CGC STR TKN ATT FITB — 14.59 mph
13. #13 CH Southshore N Doing The Bear Minimum TKN FITB — 13.76 mph
14. #14 GCH CH Top Shelf About D@Mn Time Joseph Beagleden CGC TKN — 10.39 mph
15. #15 RACH Sweetwater Bestwishes Warmestregards CD RM6 RAE4 FDC BCAT CGCA CGCU FITG — Bitch — 10.35 mph

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