A typical Silken Windhound tops out around 28.2 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 31.57 mph. 5.5 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Silken Windhounds outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 3.8 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 68 Silken Windhounds, a typical Silken Windhound tops out at 28.2 mph, and half of them run faster than 28.7 mph. That makes the Silken Windhound the 3rd fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 11 Silken Windhounds have ever broken 30 mph, and 62 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical Silken Windhound is faster than 6 of 8. The Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 32.9 mph, and the Borzoi (27.8 mph) runs closest to the Silken Windhound. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 4.7 mph gap to the Greyhound is about 1.03 seconds.
Siendo's Rocky Mountian Np holds the fastest consistent run by any Silken Windhound: 31.57 mph at the Kennesaw Kennel Club in Georgia on December 1, 2022. That's 100 yards in 6.48 seconds.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Silken Windhound is Meadow, with a best of 30.44 mph over 28 logged runs.
Alabama has the most Silken Windhound runs, 68 of them, followed by Georgia, Tennessee, Washington. The fastest Silken Windhound run in Alabama is 31.32 mph.
Silken Windhounds are sighthounds, built for exactly this: a straight sprint after a lure. Most catch on in a run or two. Any AKC-registered Silken Windhound 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.