She carries these same traits into her barrel racing career and the clear vision God has provided for her life.Īshley takes on many more responsibilities than a typical person her age. Through him, and her family who have always rallied around and supported each other, she has learned the importance of hard work and having a never giving up attitude. Her uncle was paralyzed from a fall when he was only nine years old.

Next to her faith, family has played the most pivotal role in shaping the person Ashley has become. Millions have watched her grow up in front of the camera hunting with her uncle as a small child to becoming the beautiful, driven, young lady she is today.

Meeting the public with a big smile and taking time out to make new friends has been a way of life for her from a very young age.

She has grown up around and in front of the camera on her uncle’s top rated nationally aired hunting TV show, Unlimited Outdoors. The spotlight and public eye are nothing new to Ashley. Sponsors enjoy seeing her interacting with fans and representing their products in such a positive light, but for Ashley, she is just being herself. She never meets a stranger, and to know Ashley is to love her. This humility has also helped her as she interacts with people throughout the communities she travels. In 2021 she qualified for the PRCA SE Circuit Finals, finishing fourth in the average.Įven with her quick success, Ashley will be the first to tell you she learns something new every time she throws her leg over a horse. She finished her rookie season in the WPRA as the number three ranked rookie in the Southeast, and in the top twenty rookies in the world. Placings in individual rodeos have been too many to count and have included pulling checks in the PRCA against the best in the business. Her success carried over into rodeos having qualified for the SPRA Finals and ending the season in the top 5. She finished in the top 20 Youth World the last two years she was eligible. Since her start, Ashley has qualified for numerous NBHA State and World Finals. She began riding shortly thereafter and quickly fell in love with the sport of barrel racing. Her love of horses was instant after a school field trip to a horse rescue facility. Unlike many of the top barrel racers in the country today, Ashley did not begin riding a horse from the time she could walk nor did she begin racing at a young age. Mansfield, Georgia native Ashley Jones has quickly made a name for herself among barrel racers and fans throughout the Southeast.

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