Victory Dias
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Victory Dias is a New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse. Born in 1988, by Avon's Lord out of My Totara Lass.{{Cite web|url=https://loveracing.nz/Breeding/144746/Victory-Dias-NZ-1988.aspx#bm-overview|title=Victory Dias (NZ) 1988 / Breeding / LOVERACING.NZ|website=loveracing.nz}}
Victory Dias was bred by D V Moore, C G Anderson (née Tapper), and E V J Tapper, and owned by Moore, Anderson, and Tapper's estate.
The horse ran 27 races in New Zealand, with seven victories and six further placings. It's career highlight was victory in the 1993 Telegraph Handicap, ridden by Craig Beets which was in a then world record time for the 1200m of 1:06.59.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/racing/horse-racing-credibility-the-key-to-world-records/NJWV7AFQPYHHDHNHN6K5U2GWEM/#google_vignette|title=Horse Racing: Credibility the key to world records|date=1 February 2025|website=NZ Herald}} It also placed 2nd behind Primacy in the 1993 Newmarket Handicap at Flemington.
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Category:1988 racehorse births
Category:Racehorses bred in New Zealand
Category:Racehorses trained in New Zealand
Category:Thoroughbred family 12-g
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