Grand Coeur shines at All American trials

Grand Coeur registered the fastest qualifying time in the seventh of 17 trials Thursday as 10 Quarter Horses earned spots in the the 440-yard $1.9-million estimated All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs on Sept. 3.

A Texas-bred gelding, Grand Coeur won his trial in a time of 21.636 seconds over a sloppy track at Ruidoso.

Tres Seis was the second-fastest qualifier with a time of 21.662.

The other eight finalists are Ausual Suspect (21.668); Spittin and Splittin (21.670); Rdustys Chick (21.709); Ms Wandas Fortune (21.711); Phenomenal Fantasy (21.719); Doc Colby (21.721); Love That Chapelle (21.725); and Almost Flyin (21.728).