PAINFUL LOSS 18-year-old rodeo roper Ace Patton Ashford dies in freak
accident with horse, just weeks before he was supposed to reach a lifelong goal.
A YOUNG rodeo roper died this week after being dragged across an open field
by his horse.Unexpectedly, 18-year-old
Ace Patton Ashford died on August 12 while helping a sick cow