A typical Spinone Italiano tops out around 20.6 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 25.83 mph. 2.1 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Spinone Italiano would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 93 Spinone Italianos, a typical Spinone Italiano tops out at 20.6 mph, and half of them run faster than 21.2 mph. That makes the Spinone Italiano the 141st fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 1 Spinone Italiano has ever broken 30 mph, and 4 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Sporting breeds, the typical Spinone Italiano is the slowest of the 9. The Vizsla is the quickest of the bunch at 24.9 mph, and the English Springer Spaniel (22.2 mph) runs closest to the Spinone Italiano. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 4.3 mph gap to the Vizsla is about 1.73 seconds.
Penny Lane's Torino Tullia holds the fastest consistent run by any Spinone Italiano: 25.83 mph at the Icelandic Sheepdog Association of America in Ohio on September 14, 2025. That's 100 yards in 7.92 seconds.
AKC's results also show Spinfandel That's Amore at 30.44 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 10.48 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 Spinone Italiano is Gino, with a best of 23.11 mph over 7 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2023, 30 Spinone Italianos ran Fast CAT, typically at 21.1 mph. In 2025 it was 35 dogs at 20.7 mph.
Alaska has the most Spinone Italiano runs, 94 of them, followed by Florida, California, Washington. The fastest Spinone Italiano run in Alaska is 24.48 mph.
Any AKC-registered Spinone Italiano 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.