Tokai Teio
| Tokai Teio | |
|---|---|
Tokai Teio in retirement | |
| Sire | Symboli Rudolf |
| Grandsire | Partholon |
| Dam | Tokai Natural |
| Damsire | Nice Dancer |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 20 April 1988 |
| Died | 30 August 2013 (aged 25) |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Nagahama Farm |
| Owner | Masanori Uchimura |
| Trainer | Shouichi Matsumoto |
| Record | 12: 9-0-0 |
| Earnings | 625,633,500 yen |
| Major wins | |
| Satsuki Sho (1991) Tokyo Yushun (1991) Osaka Hai (1992) Japan Cup (1992) Arima Kinen (1993) | |
| Awards | |
| Japanese Horse of the Year (1991) JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Colt (1991) Best Horse By Home-bred Sire (1991) JRA Special Award (1993) | |
| Honours | |
| Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame (1995) | |
| Last updated on February 2, 2010 | |
Tokai Teio (Japanese: トウカイテイオー, April 20, 1988 – August 30, 2013) was a champion Japanese thoroughbred racehorse. In 1991, he won the Satsuki Sho and the Tokyo Yushun, and was the 1991 Japanese Horse of the Year. He then won the 1992 Japan Cup where champion horses like the European Horse of the Year and the Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year participated. After being sidelined with a leg injury for a whole year (364 days), he won the Arima Kinen in 1993. Tokai Teio was inducted into the Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame in 1995.