Grand National Tarot hay hay – what are the Odds?

I was goaded into betting a small amount on the Grand National yesterday. I remember winning a fiver with Red Rum in the 70s but certainly had not bothered this century.

So which horses?

Let’s use the tarot as an experiment …

I shuffled the deck and these were my four “winners” listed in order dealt off the top of the pack:

The World – obvious choice was Rule the World. It won;

Ten of Swords – this took a while to find going through all the names of the horses to reflect something about this card. Was it Many Clouds?  – No a bit watery. Was it Double Ross (as in double cross). No, not really. Then I spotted it – the Last Samurai. Of course! The last pip card and it is a sword. It came second.

Then deciding the other horses became a bit foggy, I was obviously running out of steam.

Ace of Wands – Was it One Night in Vienna or Vieux Lion Rouge? Both a bit passionate, I chose the wrong one as the latter managed to finish coming 7^th.

Queen of Swords – Too much choice here with Many Clouds (16^th), Black Thunder and On his own (neither seemed to run). Presumably, Black Thunder stormed off after I had chosen the old battleaxe.

So next time, I’ll continue the experiment but pick only two cards.