A typical American Foxhound tops out around 22.6 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 27.10 mph. Right in line with the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical American Foxhound would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 28 American Foxhounds, a typical American Foxhound tops out at 22.6 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.2 mph. That makes the American Foxhound the 86th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
7 American Foxhounds have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical American Foxhound 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 Foxhound. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 10.3 mph gap to the Greyhound is about 2.84 seconds.
Whit's Classically Chloe holds the fastest consistent run by any American Foxhound: 27.10 mph at the Marion Alachua Dog Training Association in Florida on March 28, 2021. That's 100 yards in 7.55 seconds.
Michigan has the most American Foxhound runs, 57 of them, followed by Minnesota, North Carolina, New York. The fastest American Foxhound run in Michigan is 25.60 mph.
Any AKC-registered American Foxhound 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.