The Post continues its profiles of each of the nine Breeders’ Cup races to be run Saturday, Oct. 25 at Santa Anita. The Countdown to the Cup spotlights potential nice-price winners as handicapped by reporter Ed Fountaine and columnist Ray Kerrison. Today, we focus on the Mile, followed by the Juvenile, Juvenile Turf, Sprint, Turf and the Classic. Good luck.

Three-year-olds & up. Purse: $2 million. Distance: Mile (Turf). Post

time: 3:15 p.m. Bets: WPS, exacta, trifecta, superfecta, Pick 3, Ultra Pick

6, Daily Double.

ANALYSIS: Every year, Cup races on the turf seem to be dominated

by European shippers. The one exception: when the Cup is run in

California. While they have taken a few turfers out West, the Europeans

do much better in the East.

Still, they are sending a topline filly in Goldikova for the Mile, and

she is strictly the one to beat. She has won her past three races, all at

a mile, two of them Grade 1’s, all in France. Before that, she ran third

behind Europe’s filly of the age, Zarkava. She comes out of the powerful

Freddie Head stable.

Kip Deville, from the people who gave us Big Brown, will be back to

defend his title, after winning the Mile last year over the Monmouth Park

bog. He flopped last out at Woodbine when the 1-2 favorite, but has since

worked well. He’s not out of this with Rick Dutrow at the switch.

LIVE LONGSHOTS: None may be better than Precious Kitten, a

mare, whose trainer, Bobby Frankel, insists she’s competitive with the

boys here. Frankel is never to be dismissed lightly. Whatsthescript was

a killer at Del Mar and Thorn Song is in career best form.

THE BET: If she handles the travel, Goldikova should beat this field.

Put her on top of the three longshots listed above in the exotics.

TOMORROW: Ed Fountaine on the Juvenile.