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Fair-goers enjoy rides of the Kentucky State Fair midway on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018.

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2018 Kentucky State Fair

Fair-goers enjoy rides of the Kentucky State Fair midway on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018.

(Timothy Meredith, staff)

Fair-goers ride the Vertigo attraction at the Kentucky State Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018.

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Fair-goers ride the Vertigo attraction at the Kentucky State Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018.

(Timothy Meredith, staff)

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A lot of waiting around for the animals to be shown at the 2018 Kentucky State Fair on Wednesday Aug. 22, 2018

(Tim Meredith, Staff)

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Some of the cattle waiting to be shown at the 2018 Kentucky State Fair have fans to keep them cool in the West Wing of the Kentucky Exposition Center on Wednesday Aug. 22, 2018

(Tim Meredith, Staff)

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The show ring in the West Wing of the Kentucky Exposition Center draws a lot of interest when swine are shown at the Kentucky State Fair on Wednesday Aug. 22, 2018

(Tim Meredith, Staff)

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Two entrants in the swine division show their hogs at the Kentucky State Fair on Wednesday Aug. 22, 2018

(Tim Meredith, Staff)

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A team of border collies corrals a flock of geese into a cage at the Kentucky State Fair on Wednesday Aug. 22, 2018

(Tim Meredith, Staff)

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The Grand Champion Country Ham is a thing of beauty. This 17 pound ham was sold at auction for $2.8 million on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018 at the annual Kentucky Ham Breakfast at the Kentucky State Fair

(Tim Meredith, Staff)

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Children playing on a bridge that leads to an inflatable slide on the midway of the Kentucky State Fair on Wednesday Aug. 22, 2018

(Tim Meredith, Staff)

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A young girl tests her skill on the rope ladder challenge on the midway of the Kentucky State Fair on Wednesday Aug. 22, 2018

(Tim Meredith, Staff)

PICTURES: 2018 Kentucky State Fair

By Tim Meredith Kentucky

PUBLISHED 12:00 PM ET Aug. 23, 2018 PUBLISHED August 23, 2018 @12:00 PM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The 2018 Kentucky State Fair is underway at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. The displays of Kentucky's best animals, products and crafts, along with the Thrill Ville midway rides continue through August 26.

Here's some of what we saw the day we went to the fair.

PICTURES: 2018 Kentucky State Fair

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