A typical Italian Greyhound tops out around 23.5 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 29.77 mph. 0.8 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Italian Greyhounds outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 2.0 mph.
Iggy: same breed, same answer. Based on the best Fast CAT run of 376 Italian Greyhounds, a typical Italian Greyhound tops out at 23.5 mph, and half of them run faster than 24.7 mph. That makes the Italian Greyhound the 55th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 6 Italian Greyhounds have ever broken 30 mph, and 174 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Toy breeds, the typical Italian Greyhound is the fastest of them all. The Chinese Crested (19.3 mph) comes closest. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 4.2 mph gap to the Chinese Crested is about 1.90 seconds.
Princess Lia Bessie The Tiny Treasure holds the fastest consistent run by any Italian Greyhound: 29.77 mph at the Tri-County Agility Club of Missouri in Missouri on April 11, 2026. That's 100 yards in 6.87 seconds.
AKC's results also show Igrf's Little Miss Nina at 35.78 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 28.21 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 Italian Greyhound is Lia, with a best of 29.77 mph over 46 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2018, 41 Italian Greyhounds ran Fast CAT, typically at 23.8 mph. In 2025 it was 123 dogs at 23.9 mph.
California has the most Italian Greyhound runs, 729 of them, followed by Texas, Washington, New York. The fastest Italian Greyhound run in California is 35.78 mph.
Italian Greyhounds are sighthounds, built for exactly this: a straight sprint after a lure. Most catch on in a run or two. Any AKC-registered Italian Greyhound over 12 months old can enter, and the only real training is a reliable finish: have someone your dog will run to waiting past the line.
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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.