A typical Irish Red and White Setter tops out around 23.4 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 27.68 mph. 0.7 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Irish Red and White Setter would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 56 Irish Red and White Setters, a typical Irish Red and White Setter tops out at 23.4 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.9 mph. That makes the Irish Red and White Setter the 62nd fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
20 Irish Red and White Setters have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Sporting breeds, the typical Irish Red and White Setter is faster than 3 of 8. The Vizsla is the quickest of the bunch at 24.9 mph, and the Labrador Retriever (23.6 mph) runs closest to the Irish Red and White Setter. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 1.5 mph gap to the Vizsla is about 0.51 seconds.
O'Dobhailien Eyeries Enchanter holds the fastest consistent run by any Irish Red and White Setter: 27.68 mph at the Bayshore Companion Dog Club in New Jersey on June 6, 2021. That's 100 yards in 7.39 seconds.
AKC's results also show Rose View Unleash The Sparkle at 29.43 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 22.33 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
Wisconsin has the most Irish Red and White Setter runs, 422 of them, followed by New Jersey, Connecticut, North Carolina. The fastest Irish Red and White Setter run in Wisconsin is 29.43 mph.
Any AKC-registered Irish Red and White 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.