A typical Briard tops out around 21.4 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 27.49 mph. 1.3 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Briard would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 79 Briards, a typical Briard tops out at 21.4 mph, and half of them run faster than 22.7 mph. That makes the Briard the 124th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
14 Briards have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Briard is faster than 3 of 8. The Belgian Malinois is the quickest of the bunch at 26.9 mph, and the Collie (20.4 mph) runs closest to the Briard. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 5.5 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 1.95 seconds.
Hbhp Rodeo Queen holds the fastest consistent run by any Briard: 27.49 mph at the Sunshine State Rhodesian Ridgeback Club in Florida on January 14, 2022. That's 100 yards in 7.44 seconds.
AKC's results also show Editor's Choice Of Mystic Oaks at 28.45 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 24.47 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Briard is Alina, with a best of 25.28 mph over 30 logged runs.
Florida has the most Briard runs, 233 of them, followed by Arizona, Texas, Ohio. The fastest Briard run in Florida is 28.45 mph.
Any AKC-registered Briard 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.