BEAUTIFUL
LOSS Ace Patton Ashford, 18, dies in a freak accident with his horse just weeks
before he was supposed to reach a lifelong goal.
THIS
WEEK, A YOUNG rodeo roper died when his horse pulled him across an open field
and killed him.
A
18-year-old man named Ace Patton Ashford was killed while helping a sick cow on
August 12.
Around
8 a.m., the terrible event took place in the Chilton, Texas, area, which is
about 20 miles south of Waco.
Ace
Ashford , (pictured in pink colored flannel) , , Permission for one-time use
online from photo company , , Ace Patton Ashford, 18, was unexpectedly killed
on August 12 when he was helping a sick calf.
NBC
affiliate KPLCTV says that bad things happened when a nearby horse got scared
by Ashford and the calf.
“The
man’s leg got caught, and the horse dragged him a long way in an open field,”
the Lott Volunteer Fire Department said.
Ashford
was found with wounds to his head, but his heart was beating and he was
breathing.
He
was then flown to a hospital, but his injuries were so bad that he died there.
Ashford
was in “bad shape” when first responders found him, they said.
It
was almost time for Ashford to reach a lifelong goal this summer. He was a
skilled roper in Texas.
Before
the terrible event, the 18-year-old was only a few weeks away from starting
college.
It
was his last day at Rosebud-Lott High School, and in the fall he was going to
Hill College.
His
obituary talked about how much he loved rodeo and Western life.
“Ace
would dedicate innumerable hours to roping in order to reach his full
potential,” the note said.
“Ace
loved spending his time in the great outdoors hunting, rodeoing, or just
hanging out with his buddies,” this obituary said.
“Everyone
who knew Ace loved him very much.”
“Ace
never met a stranger, and he had an old soul.”
On
the obituary site, people wrote sad tributes to the 18-year-old.
I
thought Ace was a really cool young man. One person wrote, “He was so kind and
funny that the sun shone brighter around him.”
Someone
else said, “Ace was a great person who was polite and ready for the future.”
RODEO
LIFE
Sports
Illustrated says that Ashford was born into a family that loved animals because
both of his parents were rodeo competitors.
His
older brother Ross had also competed and made it to the National Finals.
Sharon
Boatright, Ashford’s girlfriend, also wrote a small tribute to him on Facebook.
“I
love you forever Ace Patton,” she wrote next to a picture of the two of them.
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