{"id":2972,"date":"2011-09-09T18:33:19","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T00:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=2972"},"modified":"2011-09-09T18:33:19","modified_gmt":"2011-09-10T00:33:19","slug":"perennial-pleasers-the-pig-races-are-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2011\/09\/09\/perennial-pleasers-the-pig-races-are-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Perennial Pleasers the Pig Races are Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_2983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2983\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/kid-with-dog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2983\" title=\"kid with dog\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/kid-with-dog-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriel of Apple Valley pets one of the racing puppies.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAnd they\u2019re off! The Fair is known each year for its live thoroughbred horse racing (started today!), but did you know they aren\u2019t the only racing animals? Each year a pack of pint-sized porkers races round a mini rack to see who will be top hog. Well, the Barnyard Racers are back again\u2026 and this time they\u2019ve come with more cuddly critters. Aside from the beloved oinkers (Vietnamese Pot Bellies and recently weaned pigs both race), the Barnyard Racers also includes sheep and dogs this year!<br \/>\nYou will be on the edge of your seat to see which pig brings home the bacon as your section cheers on its designated racer. So, hoof it over to Thummer\u2019s Entertainment Barn for some pig racing (which is totally free with admission to Fair, by the way). Afterward, celebrate your animal\u2019s win and pig out at the deep-fried Oreo booth. Oreos are also the reward treats for the racers!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HbBUB-pqZ6U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And they\u2019re off! The Fair is known each year for its live thoroughbred horse racing (started today!), but did you know they aren\u2019t the only racing animals? Each year a pack of pint-sized porkers races round a mini rack to see who will be top hog. Well, the Barnyard Racers are back again\u2026 and this&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-shows","category-animals","category-attractions","category-funatthefair"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}