A typical Harrier tops out around 21.0 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 26.46 mph. 1.7 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Harrier would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 18 Harriers, a typical Harrier tops out at 21.0 mph, and half of them run faster than 22.9 mph. That makes the Harrier the 137th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
3 Harriers have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical Harrier is faster than 2 of 8. The Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 32.9 mph, and the Beagle (19.7 mph) runs closest to the Harrier. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 11.9 mph gap to the Greyhound is about 3.54 seconds.
Pacific Anthem Of Rh Infinita holds the fastest consistent run by any Harrier: 26.46 mph at the Alamo Area Whippet Club in Texas on January 14, 2018. That's 100 yards in 7.73 seconds.
California has the most Harrier runs, 195 of them, followed by Wisconsin, Oregon, Texas. The fastest Harrier run in California is 26.26 mph.
Any AKC-registered Harrier 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.