In 1962, he earned the most important win of his career when Kilmore won the Grand National at Aintree Racecourse. The following year the 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 with Hill House in 1967, and in 1969 he added to his major race wins when What a Myth captured the Cheltenham Gold Cup.