During the 6 June 1944 landing, his Craft LCI(S) No.502 was hit by 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.
[10] In 1962, he earned the most important win of his career when Kilmore won the Grand National at Aintree Racecourse.
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.