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Tippy Top, a seven-year-old off the track Thoroughbred, nudges Kyrie Cook, 12, at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. "She is too sweet to be a race horse," said Cook. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Chase Roberts, 4, of Palmer had his picture taken while sitting in a 66-inch tall monster truck tire that weighs 800 pounds before the All Star Monster Truck event at the Alaska State Fair on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Kylie Thurber launches Monster Moose off a jump while racing Tanner Swinhart in Crash Test Dummy during the All Star Monster Trucks event at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. The monster trucks weigh more than 10,000 pounds and are powered by a 1,500 horsepower supercharged engine. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Fairgoers take a wagon ride with the Antique Tractor and Power Club during the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Sept. 1, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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A fairgoer walks past vehicles in the red parking lot at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Holden Wilson hugs Benji, his Rex Holland lop. Contestants in the 4H rabbit showmanship competition presented their animals for judging in the barn at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Thursday, August 29, 2024. Judge Kate Deering said she was looking for competitors display their ability to handle their rabbits and well as demonstrate knowledge of its breed. “There were some kids that knew a lot and they were very confident,” Deering said. “It took a while because there were so many.” (Marc Lester / ADN)
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Rosy Fry, of Palmer, waits with her rabbit, Soot, to be judged. (Marc Lester / ADN)
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Judge Kate Deering asks questions of a competitor in the 4H rabbit showmanship competition. (Marc Lester / ADN)
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Aria Hay, 12, of Wasilla, presents her rabbit, Satin, for judging. (Marc Lester / ADN)
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Snowball is presented for judging by Hunter Sterling, 10. (Marc Lester / ADN)
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People walk through the Alaska State Fair on opening day, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024 in Palmer. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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Bessie "Angnakuk" Meyer who grew up in Nome demonstrates how to fillet a red salmon with an ulu during the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Monday, August 26, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Dale Marshall of Anchorage reacts to his Atlantic Giant pumpkin coming in at 2,035 pounds during the weigh-off at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Monday, August 26, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Five-year-old Silas Dinkel holds the second place ribbon that he won with a 734-pound Atlantic Giant pumpkin that he entered in the Alaska State Fair pumpkin weigh-off in Palmer on Monday, August 26, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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A performer twirls fire during Cirque Ma'Ceo performance at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Thursday, August 22, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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A pig looks out from a pen at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Thursday, August 22, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Larry Hoffmann drives his 1953 John Deere Model 70 All-Fuel during the Antique Power Club of Alaska weight pull demonstration at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Monday, August 26, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Nathan Valdes, 9, of Fort Myer, Florida, interacts with his brother while inside separate Walk on Water Balls at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Thursday, August 22, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Wearing face paint, Briahna Nickerson, 4, and Karrah Nickerson, 3, sit in a stroller while visiting the had theAlaska State Fair in Palmer on Thursday, August 22, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Goat Yoga at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Thursday, August 22, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Susanna Balsa, 19, of Anchorage had a goat nibble on her hair during Goat Yoga at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Thursday, August 22, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Baked goods at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Thursday, August 22, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Competitors kick up water while log rolling during Fred Scheer's Lumberjack Show at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Thursday, August 22, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Samantha Peter, 11, of Wasilla tried her hand at roping during the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Thursday, August 22, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Dahlias on display at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Thursday, August 22, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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People ride the Cliffhanger during the first day of the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Aug. 16, 2024. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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People walk through the Alaska State Fair on opening day, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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Performers compete in the climbing competition at the Lumberjack Show on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. Behind is Pioneer Peak. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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Nancy Durand shows quilts on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024 during the first day of the Alaska State Fair. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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Sgt. 1st Class Derrick Clemons does pushups after losing a round of corn hole on Friday, Aug. 16 at the Alaska State Fair. Clemons and others were manning a recruiting booth at the fair. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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Evelyn Chinn, 8, pets puppies from Iditarod musher Matt Failor’s team on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024 during the first day of the Alaska State Fair. Chinn, from Washington State, was at the fair with her grandfather, who used to live in Alaska. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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Volunteers spin yarn at the Valley Fiber Arts Guild space on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024 at the Alaska State Fair. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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A gerbil decides what hole to crawl into during the "rat race", a game of chance put on by the Palmer Elks Lodge on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. The gerbil chose the purple hole. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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People ride the carousel on Aug. 16, 2024 at the Alaska State Fair. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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Dave Seifert makes a wooden bowl during the first day of the Alaska State Fair in Palmer, Aug. 16, 2024. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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Evelyn Chinn, 8, pets dogs from Iditarod musher Matt Failor’s team on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. Behind is Failor’s handler Jaren Ulrich. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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Hermione, a 2-year-old Boer goat, gets some attention on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024 during the first day of the Alaska State Fair in Palmer. (Loren Holmes / ADN)