The Cranbourne Cup is a country cup event held each October at Cranbourne racecourse in south-east Melbourne during the Melbourne spring racing carnival. The race is an open handicap raced over a distance of 2025 metres and the city of Cranbourne comes alive to celebrate its major race of the year.
A number of country cups are held throughout the state of Victoria from September to November during the spring including the Geelong Cup, Bendigo Cup and Ballarat Cup.
