A typical Redbone Coonhound tops out around 23.4 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 28.33 mph. 0.7 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Redbone Coonhounds outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 0.5 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 53 Redbone Coonhounds, a typical Redbone Coonhound tops out at 23.4 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.6 mph. That makes the Redbone Coonhound the 65th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 1 Redbone Coonhound has ever broken 30 mph, and 17 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical Redbone Coonhound is faster than 3 of 8. The Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 32.9 mph, and the Basenji (23.2 mph) runs closest to the Redbone Coonhound. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 9.6 mph gap to the Greyhound is about 2.54 seconds.
Rimfire N' Tnt Star Spangled holds the fastest consistent run by any Redbone Coonhound: 28.33 mph at the Del-Otse-Nango Kennel Club in New York on October 18, 2024. That's 100 yards in 7.22 seconds.
AKC's results also show Warrior River's Mid Train 2 Ga at 31.97 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 25.31 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
Virginia has the most Redbone Coonhound runs, 376 of them, followed by New York, Iowa, Tennessee. The fastest Redbone Coonhound run in Virginia is 27.60 mph.
Any AKC-registered Redbone Coonhound 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.