A typical Kerry Blue Terrier tops out around 22.6 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 34.00 mph. Right in line with the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Kerry Blue Terriers outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 6.2 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 108 Kerry Blue Terriers, a typical Kerry Blue Terrier tops out at 22.6 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.5 mph. That makes the Kerry Blue Terrier the 83rd fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 1 Kerry Blue Terrier has ever broken 30 mph, and 30 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Terrier breeds, the typical Kerry Blue Terrier is faster than 6 of 8. The American Staffordshire Terrier is the quickest of the bunch at 24.0 mph, and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier (22.5 mph) runs closest to the Kerry Blue Terrier. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 1.4 mph gap to the American Staffordshire Terrier is about 0.53 seconds.
Kerifield Tesla's Peace Thru Power holds the fastest consistent run by any Kerry Blue Terrier: 34.00 mph at the Desert Fun Bunch Sighthound Club in Arizona on September 23, 2018. That's 100 yards in 6.02 seconds.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Kerry Blue Terrier is Cara, with a best of 20.23 mph over 17 logged runs.
Kerry Blue Terriers come in more than one Fast CAT height group. 73 measured over 18 inches and averaged 22.8 mph; 35 measured 12 to 18 inches and averaged 22.3 mph. Smaller dogs earn extra points per mph toward their titles, so the shorter ones rack up titles faster.
A little. The typical Kerry Blue Terrier ran 22.1 mph in 2022 (34 dogs) and 23.8 mph in 2025 (33 dogs). As more everyday pets join in, the average moves around.
Ohio has the most Kerry Blue Terrier runs, 305 of them, followed by Missouri, Michigan, New Jersey. The fastest Kerry Blue Terrier run in Ohio is 28.12 mph.
Any AKC-registered Kerry Blue Terrier 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.