A typical English Setter tops out around 22.3 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 29.22 mph. 0.4 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest English Setters outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 1.4 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 249 English Setters, a typical English Setter tops out at 22.3 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.5 mph. That makes the English Setter the 96th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
62 English Setters have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Sporting breeds, the typical English Setter is faster than 1 of 8. The Vizsla is the quickest of the bunch at 24.9 mph, and the English Springer Spaniel (22.2 mph) runs closest to the English Setter. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 2.6 mph gap to the Vizsla is about 0.97 seconds.
Fhf Mabel holds the fastest consistent run by any English Setter: 29.22 mph at the Birmingham Kennel Club in Alabama on May 3, 2024. That's 100 yards in 7.00 seconds.
AKC's results also show Bull Mtns Serenity at 29.24 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 25.33 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 English Setter is Arte, with a best of 26.91 mph over 44 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2021, 39 English Setters ran Fast CAT, typically at 21.7 mph. In 2025 it was 82 dogs at 22.2 mph.
Wisconsin has the most English Setter runs, 491 of them, followed by Ohio, Texas, Minnesota. The fastest English Setter run in Wisconsin is 28.10 mph.
Any AKC-registered English Setter 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.