[kirklancaster]

I have always had a fascination with the paranormal and have always been a gambler, and some of the weirdest examples of 'synchronicity' - coincidence - have occurred during my punting on horses and dogs.

When I was younger, I had just finished reading; 'Morte d'Arthur' by Malory, where I learned that Uther Pendragon was Arthur's father. Later in the afternoon of the same day that I had finished reading the book, I called into the bookies for a few hours betting. it wasn't long before the betting for a Chase race at Chepstow opened and there at 33/1 was a horse called Uther Pendragon.

It was trained by Tim Forster, ridden by Graham Thorner, and it's form figures were dismal; Pulled Up, Pulled Up 0000 Fell, etc. but I couldn't ignore the coincidence and backed it each way. It won at 33/1 but never again won another race.

Another time, I was in the bookies and was reading in the Daily Mail, an item about members of the IRA being arrested just as the betting for a race was issuing from the tannoy. I read the words; 'fell swoop' at the identical seconds the betting commentator said 33/1 "Fell Swoop". Again the horse's form was dismal, but again, I couldn't ignore the coincidence and backed it each way. Again, it won at 33/1 but never again won another race.

There have been many other instances of this weird phenomena in my life - too many to list - but I wonder how many of you have had similar spooky experiences?