Alford will join forces with the Emma Stewart-trained up-and-comer, which tackles clearly the biggest assignment of his career so far.

Tam Major, a winner of 14 races including the group 1 Vicbred Super Series 4yo colts and geldings final, has drawn in barrier three.

"It's probably not too bad...," Alford said of the draw.

"He can get out good without being brilliant so a lot will depend on whether the two gets across the one and I can just slide straight across with him or not.

"Otherwise I'm going to be doing a fair bit of work early.

"We are probably just going to have to try and get forward and hopefully not too many keep going forward outside us and we don't get shuffled too far back."

Tam Major heads into the Victoria Cup on the back of an eye-catching third in the Kilmore Pacing Cup on September 26 when he charged home from back in the field.

Alford is tipping a strong speed, but knows things don't always go to plan.

"I'm pretty sure it will be a pretty fast lead time and a solidly run race, but sometimes when you think that it doesn't happen," Alford said.

"He came from sort of last in the Kilmore Cup and ran third and that was his first sort of test at that grade and he did a good job.

"I'm sure he's good enough, if things go his way that he can win, but I don't think he will be able to do all the work and win like he did in the Sires Stakes or the Breeders Crown."

Alford does not believe he can lead the Victoria Cup field with Tam Major.

"I don't think that either of those two (Colt Thirty One and Cash N Flow) would want to hand up to him anyway because it's probably his first real try in the big league," Alford said.

Alford felt Colt Thirty One would potentially be driven to take a sit behind Cash N Flow in a bid to put Bling It On three back on the fence from his barrier eight draw.

"If Colt Thirty One led, I doubt he could cop a lot of pressure and still win because he's not the toughest horse in the race," he said.

"We saw that when he got beaten a couple of times in Queensland... he's more of a speed horse.

"So I doubt he could cop sustained pressure and have Bling It On sitting on his back."

Alford said the Craig Cross-trained Bling It On, which won first-up from a long break at Tabcorp Park Menangle on September 28, was the horse he'd be siding with if not involved in the race himself.

"There's probably not a horse that can't win with the right run, but there's probably not a horse that can do all the work and win either," he said.

"Someone is going to have to chance their arm at some stage."

Emma Stewart also has Shadow Sax engaged in the Victoria Cup.