Wild week: scenes from the Northwest Montana Fair
Caleb Bennett from Corvallis holds on to his horse during saddle bronc riding at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 20. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Isabel Kerst holds her Grand Champion goat Ivy during the senior division of the 4-H/FFA Goat Showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Baylee Ekern cradles her rabbit Mocha after it hopped away during judging at the junior novice 4-H/FFA Rabbit Showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Wednesday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Lee Brice brought his energetic brand of country music to the Northwest Montana Fair Wednesday night. The show opened up with Flathead’s Got Talent winner, the Groove Rider. The show continued with the Copper Mountain Band before Brice and his band kept the packed crowd dancing to the grooves of his many of his hit songs. (Photo by Patrick Booth/Mystic Creek Studios)
Ryan Shuckburgh from Innisfail, Alberta, Canada, brings his steer to the ground during steer wrestling at the rodeo on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Brooke Lynch, 11, of Kalispell, pets her pig Bailey on Thursday at the Northwest Montana Fair. (Mackenzie Reiss/Daily Inter Lake)
Emily Benson, 10, a member of the Dandy Dudes and Dolls 4-H club shovels shavings on Thursday. (Mackenzie Reiss/Daily Inter Lake)
Maddie Sutton, 19, of the Smith Valley Booster Club, rinses her horse Winnie on Wednesday morning. (Mackenzie Reiss/Daily Inter Lake)
A group of kids give a horse a little love at the Northwest Montana Fair. (Mackenzie Reiss/Daily Inter Lake)
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