Animals front and center: Dairy cattle, rabbits vie for titles at Westmoreland Fair

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Competitors Gracie Trout, 10, of East Huntingdon Township (center) and Coltyn Smith, 8, of West Newton (right) wait for the start of the Dairy Cattle Showmanship competition as Josie Pribisco, 7, of Cook Township (left) looks on at the Westmoreland Fair in Mt. Pleasant Township on Thursday.

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Sara Forry poses with her rabbit, Lilly, after she won first place in Westmoreland Fair’s Rabbit Agility Show on Wednesday. Forry, 11, of Berlin, is the Pennsylvania State Rabbit Breeders Association princess.

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Gracie Trout, 10, of East Huntingdon hugs her cow before taking part in the Dairy Cattle Showmanship competition at the Westmoreland Fair in Mt. Pleasant Township on Thursday.

Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
Lizzie Forringer, 17, of Mt. Pleasant Township looks toward Sugar Pie, the mule she trains, at the Westmoreland Fair on Thursday.

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Case Poole, 1, of East Huntingdon feeds hay to a calf as brother Colton, 3, stands behind at the Westmoreland Fair in Mt. Pleasant Township on Thursday.

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Brothers Henry (left), 3, Benjamin (center), 2, and Sean Ohmer, 5, along with grandparents Jerry and Nancy Ohmer of New Alexandria, check out a pony at the Westmoreland Fair in Mt. Pleasant Township on Thursday.

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Patty Lewis of South Greensburg hugs her American Paint horse named Rowdy as friend and fellow horse owner Jenny Trice-Linsenbigler of Apollo looks on at the Westmoreland Fair in Mt. Pleasant Township on Thursday.

Megan Swift | Tribune-Review
Though Vance Reinstadtler’s rabbit Stetson wasn’t cooperating at first, he was able to get him to complete the course. Reinsteadtler, 11, of Ruffs Dale, is pictured guiding his rabbit with a leash at Westmoreland Fair’s Rabbit Agility Show on Wednesday.







