[2] Lucky Story's dam Spring Flight won eight times when racing in the United States between 1989 and 1992, recording her best win in the Senorita Stakes.

[5] The colt made a quick return in a minor event at Pontefract Racecourse ten days later and recorded another decisive win as he pulled away in the final furlong to come home six lengths clear of Mac The Knife.

[7] Darryll Holland took over from Dalgleish when Lucky Story started 2/1 second favourite behind Haafhd in the Group 2 Champagne Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse on 12 September.

In a change of tactics he led from the start and held on under pressure to win by a neck from the Michael Stoute-trained Auditorium despite hanging to the right in the final furlong.

The Dewhurst had been intended as Lucky Story's final run of the season but was withdrawn by Johnston two days before the race after the colt performed poorly in a training gallop.

[10] In the 2003 International Classification for two-year-olds Lucky Story was given a rating of 118, making him the fourth-best European juvenile of the year behind Bago, Attraction and Grey Swallow.

[12] After an absence of eleven months the colt returned in the Group 3 Sovereign Stakes over one mile at Salisbury Racecourse on 12 August in which he was matched against older horse.

He was then sent to France Prix du Moulin at Longchamp Racecourse on 5 September but after leading in the early stages he faded to finish seventh of the eleven runners behind Grey Lilas.