A typical Working Kelpie tops out around 24.8 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 30.35 mph. 2.1 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Working Kelpies outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 2.6 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 29 Working Kelpies, a typical Working Kelpie tops out at 24.8 mph, and half of them run faster than 25.6 mph. That makes the Working Kelpie the 24th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 1 Working Kelpie has ever broken 30 mph, and 16 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Working Kelpie is faster than 6 of 8. The Belgian Malinois is the quickest of the bunch at 26.9 mph, and the Border Collie (24.8 mph) runs closest to the Working Kelpie. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 2.1 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 0.63 seconds.
Ohana Experiment 626 holds the fastest consistent run by any Working Kelpie: 30.35 mph at the Burlington County Kennel Club in New Jersey on September 23, 2018. That's 100 yards in 6.74 seconds.
Indiana has the most Working Kelpie runs, 112 of them, followed by New Jersey, Virginia, Florida. The fastest Working Kelpie run in Indiana is 29.09 mph.
Any AKC-registered Working Kelpie 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.