A Maverick, under jockey Claudio, won the $620,000 TQHA Sale Futurity(RG1) at Retama Park on Saturday night.

© Jack Coady Photography

By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

SELMA, TX—JULY 26, 2025—A Maverick delivered a powerful finish under jockey Claudio Aguilar to capture the restricted Grade 1 $620,000 TQHA Sale Futurity, the second richest in history, at Retama Park on Saturday night, holding off a hard-charging field of juvenile Quarter Horses in a blanket finish.

The sorrel gelding by champion A Revenant stopped the clock in 17.961 seconds over 350 yards with a 12-mph headwind, registering a 91 speed index over a fast track.

Bred in Texas by Triple K Farms, A Maverick is out of the First Down Dash mare Down Some Gold. He races for owner Jose Martin Ramirez Garcia and is conditioned by trainer Yasmine Medina.
"It’s just rewarding for all of us—the whole team—from the grooms to the owners to Javi, who purchased the horse." Medina said. "It’s just all-around excitement for everybody."

The winning connections of A Maverick accept the TQHA Sale Futurity stakes trophy at Retama Park Saturday night. © Jack Coady Photography

A $24,000 purchase at the 2024 TQHA Yearling Sale, A Maverick earned $275,900 for the win and boosted his standing among the season’s top 2-year-olds. The victory came dramatically as he edged out his rivals by a head in a driving finish that had the crowd roaring at Retama.

Earlier this year, A Maverick finished fifth in the Grade 2 Sam Houston Futurity. He has compiled a (6) 3-2-0 record and banked $333,360.

Second-place finisher, multiple graded stakes-placed Eagle On A June Bug, a sorrel gelding by Eagles Fly Higher out of Sandy June Bug, by Blushing Bug, also earned a 91 speed index, finishing just a head behind.

Bred by Robert T. Moudy III, Eagle On A June Bug was purchased for $20,000 at the 2024 TQHA Sale and is owned by Sergio Jimenez and Enrique Santollo.

Trained by Victor Oviedo and ridden by Javier Hernandez, the gelding showed late acceleration to secure the $136,400 runner-up share. Also second in the Grade 2 Louisiana Downs Futurity in March, he has earned $204,316 in four starts.

Wera C, a stakes winning Flying Cowboy 123 filly out of the One Dashing Eagle mare Pillow Talk, crossed the wire third just a neck behind the runner-up. The Ellis H. ‘Hank’ Bird-bred filly was a $73,000 TQHA Sale graduate and is campaigned by CH Horse Racing, LLC.

Trained by Patrick Clemons and ridden by J. Garcia, Wera C added $68,200 to her earnings for the effort after pressing the leaders and fighting gamely to the wire. Wera C won the Oklahoma Juvenile Stakes at Remington Park in March and has amassed $101,679 in five starts this season.

A Maverick paid $11.00 to win, $5.00 to place, and $3.80 to show. Eagle On a June Bug returned $3.80 to place and $3.20 to show. Wera C paid $3.20 to show.

Also competing in the final were Tossin And Turnin (4th), Cliff Runner (5th), Brother Gaga (6th), Efforts Cartel (7th), La Chuchy (8th), Shiny Cowgirl (9th), and I B A Big Girl ( was DQ'd from 6th and placed10th).

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