Aintree - (Superstitious Mess): Frantic scenes have greeted Grand National hero Comply or Die in the Aintree Winner's Enclosure sparking apocalyptic rumors that the horse's name predicts the imminent endgame for Hellfire Club matriarch Queen Elizabeth.
The crowds went wild early on in the race when red-hot 5/2 favorite Hedgefund Hunter fell at Becher's Brook, igniting fears of another disaster in the City.
A spokesman for internet bookies Aintgottaprayer.con said today:
"For many superstitious punters the runner-up King John's Castle confirms all the biblical prophecies.
"Just check out the Nostradamus quatrains on royal palaces if you need any further proof.
"Then there's third-placed Snowy Morning: no doubt about that, the weather forecasters are predicting a return to wintry conditions this weekend, so it's all beginning to fall into place.
"And as for the fourth whorse home Slim Pickings, that's clearly a reference to the imminent recession."
Lester Piggot is 69.
