A typical German Shorthaired Pointer tops out around 24.8 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 31.71 mph. 2.1 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest German Shorthaired Pointers outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 3.9 mph.
GSP: same breed, same answer. Based on the best Fast CAT run of 1,465 German Shorthaired Pointers, a typical German Shorthaired Pointer tops out at 24.8 mph, and half of them run faster than 25.6 mph. That makes the German Shorthaired Pointer the 22nd fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 17 German Shorthaired Pointers have ever broken 30 mph, and 889 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Sporting breeds, the typical German Shorthaired Pointer is faster than 7 of 8. The Vizsla is the quickest of the bunch at 24.9 mph. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 0.1 mph gap to the Vizsla is about 0.02 seconds.
You Bet I Got My Finger On The Trigger holds the fastest consistent run by any German Shorthaired Pointer: 31.71 mph at the Ventura County Scent Work Club in California on October 4, 2026. That's 100 yards in 6.45 seconds.
AKC's results also show Magnolia Moonshine Maggie at 34.97 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 29.82 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 German Shorthaired Pointer is Buckshot, with a best of 31.71 mph over 22 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2017, 37 German Shorthaired Pointers ran Fast CAT, typically at 25.5 mph. In 2025 it was 448 dogs at 25.1 mph.
Wisconsin has the most German Shorthaired Pointer runs, 1,834 of them, followed by Texas, New York, Florida. The fastest German Shorthaired Pointer run in Wisconsin is 33.87 mph.
Any AKC-registered German Shorthaired Pointer 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.