A typical English Springer Spaniel tops out around 22.2 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 29.14 mph. 0.5 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest English Springer Spaniels outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 1.3 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 637 English Springer Spaniels, a typical English Springer Spaniel tops out at 22.2 mph, and half of them run faster than 22.7 mph. That makes the English Springer Spaniel the 98th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 3 English Springer Spaniels have ever broken 30 mph, and 108 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Sporting breeds, the typical English Springer Spaniel is faster than 1 of 8. The Vizsla is the quickest of the bunch at 24.9 mph, and the Brittany (23.2 mph) runs closest to the English Springer Spaniel. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 2.7 mph gap to the Vizsla is about 0.99 seconds.
Hellfire's Time Bomb holds the fastest consistent run by any English Springer Spaniel: 29.14 mph at the North Shore Kennel Club in Connecticut on June 16, 2023. That's 100 yards in 7.02 seconds.
AKC's results also show Maxie Girl 3 at 37.09 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 25.99 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 Springer Spaniel is Gunnar, with a best of 26.77 mph over 14 logged runs.
English Springer Spaniels come in more than one Fast CAT height group. 433 measured over 18 inches and averaged 22.2 mph; 203 measured 12 to 18 inches and averaged 22.2 mph. Smaller dogs earn extra points per mph toward their titles, so the shorter ones rack up titles faster.
Not really, but more are running. In 2017, 28 English Springer Spaniels ran Fast CAT, typically at 21.7 mph. In 2025 it was 234 dogs at 22.0 mph.
Wisconsin has the most English Springer Spaniel runs, 1,320 of them, followed by Ohio, Minnesota, Virginia. The fastest English Springer Spaniel run in Wisconsin is 28.29 mph.
Any AKC-registered English Springer Spaniel 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.