UPDATE: 3/6/12. GoHorseShow is sad to report that the yearling, Max, was euthanized this morning at Park Equine Hospital due to complications with his injuries sustained during the tornados. On a positive note, the weanling, Teddy, and his nurse mare are bonding well and they will be leaving the vet clinic soon.

If you have found a lost pet, horse, etc during the tornados or have found any animals please click here to post the information on a Facebook page dedicated to reconnecting animals to their owners.

Horse owners and horses affected by the March 2 tornadoes can get assistance through the U.S. Equine Disaster Relief Fund. Click here to find out more information.

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GoHorseShow would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the McCardle family of Crittenden, Kentucky who lost their home, barn and horses in a devastating tornado. The family shows on the AQHA circuit, and it has been reported that possibly two of the family's horses survived--a yearling named, Diesel Two A Te (Max) by Diesel Only and a two week old weanling by Diesel Only named, Teddy, who was just found Saturday morning and both are at the vet clinic for their injuries.

"Thanks for all the prayers and thoughts. My family needs it right now," Rachel Hensley posted on her Facebook page. "We not only lost barns and equipment but also horses and our loved long-time friends Don and Linda Beemon. I grief heavily for the loss of all our horses and dogs."

According to Rachel's Facebook post, a nurse mare is on its way for Teddy, and he checked out okay. "He is strong and very hungry. He peed on his own with no blood in his urine and the worse wound is his one eye where there is a slash underneath it. Other than that, no broken legs and lungs sound good. I am truly blessed. Now prayers for Max--pray he doesn't have a broken shoulder," she says.

A close family friend, Carla Goff-Glutting of Millwood, Kentucky told GoHorseShow that the family had upwards of twenty horses on the farm including a retired show mare, Silver Gray Te (Greta), who the family has owned for over fifteen years and was the dam of the only two surviving foals.

The two sisters, Becky and Rachel, show in the all-around amateur events, and their parents compete in the speed and halter events. "They are a wonderful family, extremely dedicated to their horses and showing, along with breeding," a friend of the family, Jan Hare of Lima, Ohio told GoHorseShow.

Horse trainer Stacey Ryan of Bardstown, Kentucky told GoHorseShow Saturday morning that there are a couple of horses not accounted for--a broodmare in foal and a yearling. "Rachel sent me a picture and literally there is nothing left there. Not really any debris or partial building left standing. The tornado picked it all up and took it all. It saddens me for them more than I can possibly express. They have nothing left at the farm--her mom and dad don't even have a change of clothes. The horse trailers were carried off and they have no idea where they ended up and the tractor equipment has been mangled into balls of metal. Luckily, the family wasn't home at the time. It really puts it into perspective how real and dangerous these things can be and how random they can hit."

Storms tore through the midsection of the United States on Friday causing major damage in the states of Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee.

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We will keep you updated as we find out more information. If anyone is interested in helping please email family friend, Sue Haynes at sue.haynes@ymail.com or call at 270-756-5923. "We need to dig deep and help all we can. These are some of our best people and they need our help. God Bless," Sue Haynes posted on her Facebook page. "I have got an account started this morning at The Farmers Bank in Hardinsburg, Ky. If you wish to send checks to me, my address is 602 Bobby Haynes Rd. Harned, Ky 40144. Call if you wish to wire money and I will give you the info. We have had several people contribute so far. Thanks everyone." 

Horse owners and horses affected by the March 2 tornadoes can get assistance through the U.S. Equine Disaster Relief Fund. Click here to find out more information.