Is Highland cow a football psychic?

MOVE over Paul the Octopus, there is a new football oracle in town and she sports a shaggy fringe and oversized horns.

Bookmaker Ladbrokes has teamed up a two-year-old Highland Cow turned psychic pundit who lives locally.

Senga is based at Kitchen Coos and Ewes at High Airyolland Farm and she's been giving her verdict on the World Cup winners.

Faced with a choice of equally filled feed buckets labelled with the outcomes of Scotland’s Group games, the hairy heifer didn't hesitate to deliver her verdict and has predicted a classic rollercoaster tournament for the national team, opting for a Scotland win against Haiti, a draw against Morocco, and a loss against powerhouse Brazil.

With four points predicted, Senga's calculations mean Scotland will face a nail-biting wait to see if they progress to the knockout stages.

If they do, Senga has predicted that they will battle through and make it all the way to the quarter-finals.

Senga was also tasked with picking Scotland’s top scorer. Snubbing the front line strikers, she put her hoof down and picked Aston Villa midfielder and captain John McGinn to finish top of the Scots' scoring charts.

Turning her attention to England, the bolshy bovine predicted the Three Lions would enjoy a strong tournament and make it into the semi-finals, but in a twist that will surprise absolutely nobody north of the border, Senga predicted that the English campaign will end in heartbreak: getting knocked out on penalties.

Neale McQuistin, from Kitchen Coos and Ewes, said: "We always knew Senga was special, but we didn't expect her to become a football pundit.

"She’s usually incredibly level-headed, but if she thinks we can take four points from the group, the Tartan Army should start letting themselves believe anything is possible."

Alex Apati, from Ladbrokes, added: “If Scotland make it to the quarter finals and England go out on penalties, then we might see Senga becoming an honorary member of the Tartan Army.

"We’ve already seen a flurry of bets on an England shootout exit, because if there's one thing more reliable than a psychic coo, it's English penalty heartbreak."