Riders look around as they ride the Sky Glider at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Fairgoers walk around at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Landon Duhachek, 7, of Oklahoma smiles as he admires his new stuffed animal after winning a carnival game at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. The family comes to visit the Iowa State Fair every year and has been coming since Landon was a baby. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Fairgoers ride around on the glider coaster at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Fairgoers ride the swings at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Kourtney Dekker of Sheldon holds her sheep as she grooms her at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

The crowd raises their hands for the wave before the big boar contest at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Riders pass by on the Sky Glider at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mike Netolicky of Fairfax gets a cow ready for show at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Parker Cline, 7, of Calamus rests with his cow in the cattle barn at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Janice Cook of Monroe spins wool into yard at Pioneer Hall during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A pig hangs out in the swine barn with his tongue out at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Thousands of people walk around during opening day at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tyler Louden of Creston gets his cow ready for show in the stalling barn at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Fairgoers ride the Sky Glider at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A young boy waves to the people behind him as he takes off on the Sky Glider at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tiffany McBurney of Monroe and her son Kellan McBurney, 6, smile as they ride a roller coaster at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

94-year-old Bonnie Eilert of Newton competes in the ladies’ chicken calling event at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. Eilert has been competing in the chicken call for 38 years. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mona Baker of Corydon leads her ram, Bad Guy Junior, onto the scale while competing in the big ram contest at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Ann Hegstrom of DeSoto competes in the ladies’ chicken call contest at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. Hegstrom says she has been competing for six years. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Sasquatch the boar pushes his nose out past the bars while getting weighed during the big boar contest at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Eight-year-old Joel Spear, left, and his sister Emma Spear, 4, watch as Melissa Reisinger of Yellow Canary Studio works on a piece on the clay wheel at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mary Norstrud of Ankeny takes a picture of 16-year-old Austin Norstrud, left, and Carson Norstrud, 11, in front of the butter cow at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Jim Fisher of Missouri places his second place ribbon on his ram after the big ram contest at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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