{"id":16104,"date":"2026-05-06T21:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=16104"},"modified":"2026-05-06T21:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:34:14","slug":"what-a-tragedy-the-whole-country-is-mourning-the-passing-see-more-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=16104","title":{"rendered":"What a tragedy! The whole country is mourning the passing. \u2026 See More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16105\" src=\"http:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/688465240_841526365663098_8576598697063553564_n-1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/688465240_841526365663098_8576598697063553564_n-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/688465240_841526365663098_8576598697063553564_n-1.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"44\" data-end=\"163\">18-year-old rodeo roper Ace Patton Ashford has tragically died following a freak accident while working with his horse.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"165\" data-end=\"301\">The incident happened on August 12 as he was helping care for a sick cow, just weeks before he was set to achieve a major lifelong goal.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"407\">Friends and family remember him as a dedicated young cowboy with a deep passion for rodeo and hard work.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"409\" data-end=\"500\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f64f.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude4f\" \/>\u00a0The rodeo world is mourning the heartbreaking loss of a rising talent gone far too soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>18-year-old rodeo roper Ace Patton Ashford has tragically died following a freak accident while working with his horse. The incident happened on August 12 as <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=16104\" title=\"What a tragedy! The whole country is mourning the passing. \u2026 See More\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16106,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16104\/revisions\/16106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}