| Horsename: | Tokino Minoru |
| Sire: | Theft (IRE) |
| Grandsire: | Tetratema |
| Dam: | Daini Tyrant's Queen (JPN) |
| Damsire: | Soldennis (IRE) |
| Sex: | Colt |
| Foaled: | 1948 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Colour: | Bay |
| Breeder: | Honkiri spread Co., Ltd. |
| Owner: | Masaichi Nagata |
| Trainer: | Kazuichiro Tanaka |
| Record: | 10: 10-0-0 |
| Earnings: | 4,257,150 yen |
| Race: | Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes (1950) Satsuki Sho (1951) Tokyo Yushun (1951) |
| Honours: | Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame (1984) |
| Updated: | July 19, 2009 |
Tokino Minoru (Japanese : トキノミノル, May 2, 1948 - June 20, 1951) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, who was an undefeated winner of his 10 race starts, which included the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby).
He was sired by Theft (GB), a son of Tetratema (IRE), out of Daini Tyrant's Queen, a daughter of Soldennis. He was a brother to Daring and a half-brother to Izutada, by Tokino Chikara. Theft was the sire of Bostonian who also won the Tokyo Yushun (Derby).[1] Tokino Minoru was inbred in the third and fourth generations (3m x 4f) to The Tetrarch.
He died in 1951 from tetanus,[2] just 17 days after winning the Derby.
An important three-year-old stakes race called Tokino Minoru Kinen (Memorial) is named in his honour and held at the Tokyo Racecourse.[2] Tokino Minoru was inducted into the Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame in 1984.
The owner of Tokino Minoru, Masaichi Nagata, who was the President of Daiei Film, commissioned a movie based on his life, titled The Phantom Horse, which was released in 1955.[3]
* Tokino Minoru is inbred 3S x 4D to the stallion The Tetrarch, meaning that he appears third generation on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.