Kenneth Wheeler Sr., a famed trainer who was also a top hunter rider, has died at age 93.
The Virginian knew how to spot equine talent and was involved with many of the most famous hunters and young horses over the decades, including the legendary Isgilde, Spindletop Showdown, the eye-catching Stocking Stuffer and Super Flash, among dozens of others that came out of his Cismont Manor Farm in Keswick.
After he stopped riding in shows, he became a legend showing horses in hand. Kenny was a perennial winner in the Best Young Horse category at the Devon Horse Show, where the Gold Ring was renamed in honor of him and his late wife, Sallie Busch Wheeler.