Jason Beckstead, left, and Web Beckstead work to make a manual cross cut while Lee LeCaptain, center, uses a chainsaw during a log cutting exhibition, part of the lumberjack show, on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the opening day of the 2021 Florida State Fair, at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times Tim Streving provides moisture to a smoker full of smoked pork legs while tending to one of the concessions providing food and drinks on opening day of the 2021 Florida State Fair, on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times Ashlin Oakes, works to bring Lady Ozzie, a jr. heifer brahman, under control during an appearance in the Open Brahman Show on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the opening day of the 2021 Florida State Fair, at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. The show, hosted at the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center on the Florida State Fairgrounds, includes exercise grounds, warm-up rings, two show rings, and a grand prix ring. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times Jasper Raney, 4, of Lakeland, watches a livestock show on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the opening day of the 2021 Florida State Fair, at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times Visitors to the 2021 Florida State Fair tour a row of concessions and venders on opening day, on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times This gallery continues below...
Sweet mild Italian sausage and smoked Polish sausage cook in a medley of onions and peppers at Spivey’s Southern Grill, one of the concessions providing food and drinks on opening day of the 2021 Florida State Fair, on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times Jasper Raney, 4, of Lakeland, watches a livestock show on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the opening day of the 2021 Florida State Fair, at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times Jace Fernandez, 8, of Lutz, is mobbed by goats and llamas while visiting the petting pen on opening day of the 2021 Florida State Fair, Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times A blueberry cream donut is available at the Peachey’s Baking Company, one of the concessions providing food and drinks on opening day of the 2021 Florida State Fair, on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times Daniel Godwin, of Albermarle, N.C., cleans a scale at the Fool the Guesser booth on opening day of the 2021 Florida State Fair, on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times This gallery continues below...
A ferris wheel dominates the sky on the opening day of the 2021 Florida State Fair, on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times Pickle pizza, available at Angela’s Pizza, one of the concessions providing food and drinks on opening day of the 2021 Florida State Fair, on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times Web Beckstead competes in the axe throwing exhibition, part of the lumberjack show, on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the opening day of the 2021 Florida State Fair, at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times Inflatable prizes are displayed on a concessions booth on opening day of the 2021 Florida State Fair, on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times A juvenile cow grooms itself in a pen on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the opening day of the 2021 Florida State Fair, at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times