Triple Amputee Eventer Jessica Thoma Is determined to return to the start box

Up until a few months ago, Jessica Thoma was living a pretty normal — if horse-crazy — life. She was 24 years old, happily engaged, and recently promoted to Team Leader at Tractor Supply Co. in Crossville, Tennessee. She started riding at age 5 and loved horses even before that, and grew up surrounded by animals, also raising and showing rabbits and Boer goats.

“I fell in love with eventing when I was around 10 years old,” she recalls. “My parents had gotten me a computer game called ‘Lucinda Green’s Equestrian Challenge.'”

Virtually through the game, she tackled four-star cross country tracks around the world — Adelaide, Kentucky, Badminton and Burghley — and dreamed of experiencing the same rush in real life. When she got her horse Albert, a 15-year-old Thoroughbred with glossy brown eyes and an athletic jump, she knew for sure that she wanted to event.

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Article written by: Leslie Wylie