Jeanetta Sturgeon and Phoenix covered thousands of miles in endurance competitions. (Photo by Cowboy Quinn)
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Although she still lives with the physical consequences of injuries sustained decades ago, Jeanetta Sturgeon has never lost her sense of adventure or her passion for horses.
September 27, 2024
Bobbie Lieberman
Nearly 50 years ago, Jeanetta Sturgeon’s life changed in an instant. When a fire erupted in her home, the then-28-year-old mother of two sustained burns over 80 percent of her body. For the next two years she was in and out of the hospital, enduring multiple surgeries and painful skin grafts. Most of her fingers were so badly burned that they could not be saved. Surgeons did manage to graft a thumb back onto her dominant hand, but the rest of her fingers ended at the top end of the metacarpals.
Jeanetta’s recovery was long and painful, but she refused to stop riding. The daughter of a trick rider, she had been raised with horses, and she was determined to keep them in her life. Jeanetta learned how to care for her horses with the partial hands she had left. In fact, she managed to do every-thing for herself except fasten the chinstrap of her helmet.
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