The Grand National came, the Grand National provided and, true to tradition, the Grand National tooketh-away.
A day when the good people hit the jackpot
April 7: Monty's Pass reduced many hours of Phil Smith's hard work to just so much pointless number-crunching, writes Greg Wood.
Monty passes go to land a huge gamble
'It's hard to believe he won so easily'
An exhibitionist tackles Aintree
March 2003
Red Rum memories flooding back with Ginger up for a record
Knight backs decision to water Aintree
February 2003
Aintree invites touch of class
February 5: There is quality all the way through the list of names for this year's Grand National, including high-class chaser Shotgun Willy.
January 2003
Record field for National
Three former winners feature among a record 149 entries revealed today for the Martell Cognac Grand National, which will carry prize-money of £600,000 - an increase of £100,000 on 2002 - at Aintree on April 5.