A typical Presa Canario tops out around 22.4 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 27.65 mph. Right in line with the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Presa Canario would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 34 Presa Canarios, a typical Presa Canario tops out at 22.4 mph, and half of them run faster than 22.9 mph. That makes the Presa Canario the 94th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
11 Presa Canarios have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Working breeds, the typical Presa Canario is faster than 4 of 8. The Boxer is the quickest of the bunch at 25.2 mph, and the Great Dane (22.1 mph) runs closest to the Presa Canario. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 2.8 mph gap to the Boxer is about 1.02 seconds.
Whiskey River's Jager holds the fastest consistent run by any Presa Canario: 27.65 mph at the Conroe Kennel Club in Texas on December 4, 2022. That's 100 yards in 7.40 seconds.
AKC's results also show Magie Goldenwings 07 at 28.14 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 25.79 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
Florida has the most Presa Canario runs, 64 of them, followed by New York, Virginia, Michigan. The fastest Presa Canario run in Florida is 24.88 mph.
Any AKC-registered Presa Canario 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.