A typical Smooth Fox Terrier tops out around 21.3 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 27.75 mph. 1.4 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Smooth Fox Terrier would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 227 Smooth Fox Terriers, a typical Smooth Fox Terrier tops out at 21.3 mph, and half of them run faster than 21.7 mph. That makes the Smooth Fox Terrier the 125th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 2 Smooth Fox Terriers have ever broken 30 mph, and 16 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Terrier breeds, the typical Smooth Fox Terrier is faster than 5 of 8. The American Staffordshire Terrier is the quickest of the bunch at 24.0 mph, and the Border Terrier (20.8 mph) runs closest to the Smooth Fox Terrier. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 2.7 mph gap to the American Staffordshire Terrier is about 1.08 seconds.
Cheltenham Evinrude Of Borglando holds the fastest consistent run by any Smooth Fox Terrier: 27.75 mph at the Greater Daytona Dog Fanciers Association in Florida on October 11, 2026. That's 100 yards in 7.37 seconds.
AKC's results also show Smooth Ridge Deja Vu at 31.76 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 22.40 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Smooth Fox Terrier is Rango, with a best of 21.67 mph over 8 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2017, 27 Smooth Fox Terriers ran Fast CAT, typically at 20.9 mph. In 2025 it was 67 dogs at 21.0 mph.
Maryland has the most Smooth Fox Terrier runs, 617 of them, followed by Tennessee, Virginia, Oklahoma. The fastest Smooth Fox Terrier run in Maryland is 28.33 mph.
Any AKC-registered Smooth Fox 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.