Keith Whistle, renowned Western Pleasure horse showman, died Aug. 3, at the age of 67.

Born in Hayti, Missouri, Whistle was the first person to be inducted into the National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame.

He won both the 2-Year-Old Western Pleasure Futurity and the 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure Derby at the All-American Quarter Horse Congress aboard Vital Signs Are Good, and just a few years later won the Reichert Celebration $100,000 Equine Sports Medicine Challenge with a son of Vital Signs Are Good, Invest In Vital Signs.

Whistle also showed such successful horses as Lazy Loper, Zip Me After, Openrange, Majestic Scotch, Mr After Shock, Zippos Good Image, The Mouse Is Talkin and Cool Lookin Lady.

He is survived by his wife, Rogalyn Whistle, of Hernando, Mississippi; his son Kyle Whistle of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; his mother Mary Whistle of Caruthersville, Missouri; and his sister, Romy Whistle of Horn Lake, Mississippi.

A private family service was held.