A typical Sloughi tops out around 25.6 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 33.81 mph. 2.9 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Sloughis outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 6.0 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 42 Sloughis, a typical Sloughi tops out at 25.6 mph, and half of them run faster than 26.7 mph. That makes the Sloughi the 13th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 6 Sloughis have ever broken 30 mph, and 33 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical Sloughi is faster than 5 of 8. The Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 32.9 mph, and the Rhodesian Ridgeback (24.7 mph) runs closest to the Sloughi. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 7.3 mph gap to the Greyhound is about 1.78 seconds.
Ocerico Everest holds the fastest consistent run by any Sloughi: 33.81 mph at the Timber Ridge Obedience Club of Central Wisconsin in Wisconsin on October 13, 2018. That's 100 yards in 6.05 seconds.
Wisconsin has the most Sloughi runs, 160 of them, followed by Illinois, Tennessee, Georgia. The fastest Sloughi run in Wisconsin is 33.81 mph.
Sloughis are sighthounds, built for exactly this: a straight sprint after a lure. Most catch on in a run or two. Any AKC-registered Sloughi 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.