OMENSA day or so back a horse called Doctor Doom won in Sydney.So?Well, a few pages before I got to the races in my paper, the financial section had a heading with "Doctor Doom says..."I have no idea who that is, or what he said, not being interested enough to go any further. Besides which, stock market types have always seemed to me to be merely speculators and punters who dress themselves up and give themselves airs and graces (they call themselves "investors"... if they ar

OMENS

A day or so back a horse called Doctor Doom won in Sydney.

So?

Well, a few pages before I got to the races in my paper, the financial section had a heading with "Doctor Doom says..."

I have no idea who that is, or what he said, not being interested enough to go any further. Besides which, stock market types have always seemed to me to be merely speculators and punters who dress themselves up and give themselves airs and graces (they call themselves "investors"... if they are, they're not very good at what they do, are they?).

But it was an OMEN.

I didn't take the hint and my wife would say I missed a winner as a result, but then I can't go with that sort of thing. A feeling? Sure, I've had those.

I won a 100/1 bet on La Neige in 1976 because I "felt", several nights before, she would win the big race. You remember those.

Long time ago, though.

My wife won a decent amount some years ago with a nag called Key Issue in Sydney. It then tried to repeat the dose in four states and so far as I know never managed it.

We'd lost our housekeys about six months before at a friend's weekender. We went back for another quick break, and there they were on the table - our friend had found them during a massive clean-up. So my wife insisted I find a horse with a clue to all that, and Key Issue was in the first at Randwick.

Ten each way at 30/1.

Ian Craig called the horse a distinct last at the furlong but it swept home.

Amazing, but true.

I'm still not a believer, but Doctor Doom made me think and remember: I guess there are worse ways to make a buck.

Just ask the stockbrokers.