Monty’s Pass, who landed a massive gamble for connections when winning the 2003 Grand National, has died just weeks short of his 30th birthday.
He was the sport’s oldest surviving Grand National winner who lived out his final days at trainer Jimmy Mangan’s stables in Conna, Co Cork. The news was broken by Mangan’s daughter, the broadcaster Jane Mangan, during racing at Navan on Sunday.
“A few days ago my family said goodbye to the horse that made their dreams reality, that proved magic is confined to magicians, and that vets, while they do make educated recommendations, should not be mistaken as fortune tellers," she said.
