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Bull riding consumed nine-year-old Braeden Chamberlain's life.
Toy plastic bull riders overflowed in his desk and rodeo magazine articles were preferred reading over school textbooks.
In the family's central Alberta home outside Spruce View, Braeden and his two younger brothers practised steer riding on the arm of the couch.
But his passion for the rodeo life ended tragically when, four months after his first riding lesson, Braeden was killed when he was kicked in the chest area by a 650-pound heifer.
A family friend said that the Chamberlains have been shattered by the boy's death.
"How could you not blame yourself when a child is killed?" said Elbert Koster, a neighbour and family friend of Mike and Tammy Chamberlain, Braeden's parents. "The fact of the matter is: This is a sport, there are risks involved, safety gear was worn and worn properly to the standard of the sport and
this was a freak accident." :eyes:
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