{{Short description|English horse trainer (1912–1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Use British English|date=July 2012}} {{Infobox horseracing personality |name = Ryan Price |image = |caption = |occupation = [[Horse trainer|Trainer]] |birth_place = [[Hindhead]], [[Surrey]], [[United Kingdom]] |birth_date = 16 August 1912 |death_date = 16 August 1986 (aged 74) |career wins = 2,000+ |race = '''National Hunt race wins:'''<br>[[Champion Hurdle]] (1955, 1959, 1961)<br>[[Bet365 Gold Cup|Whitbread Gold Cup]] (1959, 1966)<br>[[Grand National]] (1962)<br>[[Paddy Power Gold Cup|Mackeson Gold Cup]] (1967)<br>[[RSA Chase|Champion Novices' Chase]] (1967)<br>[[Cheltenham Gold Cup]] (1969)<br>[[Totesport Trophy|Schweppes Gold Trophy]] (1963, 1964, 1966, 1967)<br>[[Supreme Novices' Hurdle|Gloucestershire Hurdle]] (1971)<br>[[Triumph Hurdle]] (1962,1973)
'''Flat race wins:'''<br>[[Cesarewitch Handicap]] (1966)<br> [[Yorkshire Cup (horse race)|Yorkshire Cup]] (1976)
'''[[British Classic Races|British Classic Flat Race]] wins:'''<br>[[Epsom Oaks]] (1972)<br>[[St. Leger Stakes]] (1975) |awards = [[British jump racing Champion Trainer]] (1955, 1959, 1962, 1966, 1967) |honours = |horses = [[Persian Lancer]], [[Kilmore (horse)|Kilmore]]<br>[[What a Myth]], [[Ginevra (horse)|Ginevra]], [[Bruni (horse)|Bruni]], [[M-Lolshan]] |updated = 13 August 2007 }} '''Henry Ryan Price''' (16 August 1912 – 16 August 1986) was a British [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse trainer]] in both [[flat racing|flat]] and [[National Hunt racing]].<ref>[http://www.findonvillage.com/0516_a_personality_of_the_past_captain_ryan_price.htm] This is Findon; Ryan Price biography</ref>
Born in [[Hindhead]], [[Surrey]], he was best known by his middle name, Ryan. He began his career in [[horse racing]] as a [[jockey]] based at [[Lavant, West Sussex|East Lavant]] in [[West Sussex]]. In 1937, he relocated to [[Sutton Bank]] in [[Yorkshire]] where he began working as a trainer.<ref>[http://www.findonvillage.com/0718_my_way.htm] This is Findon; Ryan Price obituary</ref> His career was interrupted by service with the [[British Army]], during [[World War II]]. Serving with the 7th Battalion of the [[The North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's)|North Staffordshire Regiment]], he was moved to the [[No. 6 Commando]] for [[D-Day]]. During the 6 June 1944 landing, his Craft LCI(S) No.502 was hit by [[Germany|German]] shelling as it approached the [[Normandy]] beach but he managed to swim to shore and continued with the mission.
Discharged with the rank of captain, he resumed his Thoroughbred racing career and eventually settled in [[Findon, West Sussex]] where he operated at Downs House, Stable Lane.<ref>[http://www.findonvillage.com/0111_early_1970s_racing.htm] This is Findon; early 1970s racing</ref>
==National Hunt Champion Trainer== Between 1954 and 1967, Ryan Price was the [[British jump racing Champion Trainer|Champion National Hunt trainer]] five times.<ref>[http://www.betting-on-horse-racing.co.uk/html/trainer-Ryan-Price.html] Horse racing history; Ryan Price</ref> Among his other wins, Price trained the winner of the 1955, 1959, and 1961 [[Champion Hurdle]],<ref>[http://champion-hurdle.webs.com/championhurdlewinners.htm] Champion Hurdle winners</ref> the 1959 and 1966 [[Bet365 Gold Cup|Whitbread Gold Cup]],<ref>[http://www.sandown.co.uk/pages/gold-cup-history/] Bet 365 Gold Cup roll of honour</ref> the 1967 [[Paddy Power Gold Cup|Mackeson Gold Cup]]<ref>[http://www.findonvillage.com/0557_the_josh_gifford_fact_file.htm] This is Findon; Josh Gifford</ref> and [[RSA Chase|Champion Novices' Chase]],<ref>[http://www.cheltenhamfestival.net/rsa-chase.php] RSA Chase winners</ref> the 1971 [[Supreme Novices' Hurdle]],<ref>[http://www.cheltenhamfestival.net/supreme-novices-hurdle.php] Cheltenham Supreme novices hurdle winners</ref> and the 1962 & 1973 [[Triumph Hurdle]].<ref>[http://www.cheltenhamfestival.net/jcb-triumph-hurdle.php] Cheltenham; Triumph hurdle winners</ref>
In 1962, he earned the most important win of his career when [[Kilmore (racehorse)|Kilmore]] won the [[Grand National]] at [[Aintree Racecourse]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.findonvillage.com/0296_the_kilmore_club.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-01-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215082357/http://findonvillage.com/0296_the_kilmore_club.htm |archivedate=15 December 2010 }} This is Findon; The Kilmore club</ref> The following year the [[Totesport Trophy|Schweppes Gold Trophy Handicap Hurdle]] was inaugurated at [[Newbury Racecourse]]. Ryan Price won four of the first five runnings with horses ridden for him by [[Josh Gifford]]. The duo won the race back-to-back with Rosyth in 1963 and 1964, with Le Vermontois in 1966 and controversially with Hill House in 1967,<ref>[http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/racing/2010/02/price-so-right-but-he-paid-for.html] Price so right but he paid for his Schweppes; Racing mania; Richard Dunwoody</ref> and in 1969 he added to his major race wins when [[What a Myth]] captured the [[Cheltenham Gold Cup]].<ref>[http://www.cheltenhamfestival.net/gold-cup.php] Cheltenham Gold Cup winners list</ref>
An owner as well as a trainer, Ryan Price was among the first British trainers to purchase young jumpers from [[France]].
==Flat racing== In 1966, Ryan Price's horse [[Persian Lancer]], won the 1966 [[Cesarewitch Handicap]]<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-141738276.html]{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Racing Post; 7 February 2006; Five years of glory</ref> and after moving to Findon's facilities at Soldiers Field in early 1970, Price concentrated primarily on the Flat although still having hurdlers in training. For owner Charles A. B. St. George, he won the 1972 [[Epsom Oaks]] with [[Ginevra (horse)|Ginevra]] and the 1975 [[St. Leger Stakes]] with [[Bruni (horse)|Bruni]].<ref>[http://www.findonvillage.com/0257_the_downside_of_being_a_racing_village.htm] This is Findon; The downside of being a racing village</ref> The following year, Bruni won the [[Yorkshire Cup (horse race)|Yorkshire Cup]] and the [[Cumberland Lodge Stakes]] and finished second to the [[France|French]] champion [[filly]] [[Pawneese]] in the Group One [[King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes]].
Plagued by health problems, Ryan Price gave up training in 1982 but remained involved in racing as an owner. Following emergency surgery, he died on his seventy-fourth birthday at Royal Sussex County Hospital in [[Brighton]]. He was interred in the St. John the Baptist Church cemetery in Findon.
==References== * [[Peter Bromley|Bromley, Peter]]. ''The Price of Success'' (Authorized biography of Ryan Price) (1982) [[Hutchinson (publisher)|Hutchinson & Co.]] {{ISBN|978-0-09-149880-1}} {{Reflist}}
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