jim post=889435 userid=2819i think the champion second horse was called golden man. teal was out of a northern dancer mare of alan sutherlands , those dont grow on trees in south africa
....thought so too as I remember a certain commentator labeling him as such.....however this horse only ran a total of six 2nd finishes and only one consecutively ...was trained by Grant Maroun ....landed up winning 6 races..... so that 2nds tag is not really applicable and was more likely pocket talk.....as for Teal's dam....she as indeed a Northern Dancer sired mare named Northern Banner and her twin brother Bandsman also never raced but was sent to Trinidad as a sire where he reportedly sired 5 derby winners and was their top sire for 7 consecutive years....it was the Scott brothers that imported Northern Banner that locally foaled for them a handful of squibbish offspring.... they put her on a dispersal sale and was then bought by Alan Sutherland.....
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