Sydney trainer James Rattray confirmed on Wednesday that Beautide would line up in the group 1 $100,000 Petstock Ballarat Pacing Cup on Saturday, December 13.

Beautide will travel to Victoria immediately after the $750,000 Miracle Mile at Menangle on Saturday, November 29.

Rattray said the Ballarat Pacing Cup would be the seven-year-old's first Victorian run in a campaign leading to the $400,000 Victoria Cup at Melton on Saturday, January 31.

Beautide began his career in Tasmania with Rattray.

He has taken the Australian harness racing scene by storm since Rattray relocated to New South Wales midway through last year - winning the Miracle Mile last year, and this year's Inter-Dominion Pacing Championship final and Len Smith Mile, all in Sydney.

Beautide has raced almost exclusively at Menangle in this time.

His only start on other tracks since being based in NSW saw him win last year's Newcastle Mile and then run fourth in the Victoria Cup in December.

Beautide has had three runs this preparation , with his latest outing in a free-for-all in 1:50.7 being his only win.

Beautide will be trying to add to his 41 career wins and $1.36m in earnings in the group 1 Coca Cola Amatil Sprint, 1609m, at Menangle on Saturday night.

He will meet a crack field, also featuring the Ballarat duo of Guaranteed and Hilltop Hustler, as well the Hamilton-trained Abettorpunt, which is part-owned in Ballarat.

While Beautide is already guaranteed a place in the Miracle Mile, the sprint will provide any other winner an automatic invite to Miracle Mile.

Emma Stewart sends Guaranteed to Menangle right at the top of his game and with an outstanding record of six wins in seven starts at the track.

In his latest visit Guaranteed took out the $200,000 four-year-old classic, the Chariots of Fire, in March.

Like Beautide, Guaranteed has had three starts this preparation.

He is unbeaten with wins in the Melton Plate, Swan Hill Pacing Cup and Kilmore Pacing Cup.

Hilltop Hustler faces by far his biggest test for trainer-driver Michael Stanley.

His latest efforts have featured a fourth in the Melton Plate and second in the Maryborough Pacing Cup.