A typical Bloodhound tops out around 19.0 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 23.64 mph. 3.7 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Bloodhound would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 71 Bloodhounds, a typical Bloodhound tops out at 19.0 mph, and half of them run faster than 19.9 mph. That makes the Bloodhound the 170th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
None has reached 25 mph yet, but plenty of Bloodhounds love the chase anyway.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical Bloodhound is faster than 1 of 8. The Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 32.9 mph, and the Beagle (19.7 mph) runs closest to the Bloodhound. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 13.9 mph gap to the Greyhound is about 4.56 seconds.
King Douglas holds the fastest consistent run by any Bloodhound: 23.64 mph at the American Kennel Club in Florida on December 12, 2023. That's 100 yards in 8.65 seconds.
New York has the most Bloodhound runs, 245 of them, followed by Ohio, Washington, Pennsylvania. The fastest Bloodhound run in New York is 22.40 mph.
Any AKC-registered Bloodhound 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.