A typical Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog tops out around 25.2 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 29.10 mph. 2.5 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dogs outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 1.3 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 17 Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dogs, a typical Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog tops out at 25.2 mph, and half of them run faster than 25.8 mph. That makes the Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog the 16th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
10 Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dogs have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog is faster than 7 of 8. The Belgian Malinois is the quickest of the bunch at 26.9 mph, and the Border Collie (24.8 mph) runs closest to the Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 1.6 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 0.49 seconds.
Baylee holds the fastest consistent run by any Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog: 29.10 mph at the Kerry Blue Terrier Club of St. Louis in Missouri on May 5, 2023. That's 100 yards in 7.03 seconds.
Missouri has the most Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog runs, 218 of them, followed by Indiana, Maryland, Texas. The fastest Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog run in Missouri is 29.10 mph.
Any AKC-registered Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog 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.