A typical American English Coonhound tops out around 23.2 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 26.12 mph. 0.5 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical American English Coonhound would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 19 American English Coonhounds, a typical American English Coonhound tops out at 23.2 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.0 mph. That makes the American English Coonhound the 71st fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
3 American English Coonhounds have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical American English Coonhound is faster than 2 of 8. The Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 32.9 mph, and the Basenji (23.2 mph) runs closest to the American English Coonhound. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 9.7 mph gap to the Greyhound is about 2.59 seconds.
River Bottom By Golly Its Ollie holds the fastest consistent run by any American English Coonhound: 26.12 mph at the Nashville Kennel Club in Tennessee on March 10, 2022. That's 100 yards in 7.83 seconds.
AKC's results also show Ranger King Of The Castle at 27.09 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 22.45 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
Maryland has the most American English Coonhound runs, 45 of them, followed by Iowa, Illinois, New York. The fastest American English Coonhound run in Maryland is 25.10 mph.
Any AKC-registered American English Coonhound over 12 months old can enter, and your dog runs alone down a straight 100 yards. Most dogs figure out the lure fast. Have someone your dog will run to waiting past the finish line, because a dog that stops to check on you can lose a second or two.
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Speeds from AKC Fast CAT results. Photographers: spotted your work? Tell us at [email protected] and we'll credit it or take it down.