Addison Moore describes her sheep, Queso, as sassy and hungry, for both food and attention.(Rebecca Feldhaus Adams / LPM)Families arrived at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center Monday, with sheep, swine, goats and beef cattle for the annual livestock competition.As fair workers washed cement fl oors, families led in goats on leashes, heading toward a pedestal for a luxurious blow-dry treatment. Nearby, sheep wore colorful blankets and matching legwarmers, and teens broke open cubes of wood shavings to line the stalls reserved with their name.Addison Moore and her mother traveled from Meade County with goats and their sheep, Queso. Moore will show both types of animals. Her goal this year is to make it to The Championship Drive where exhibitors compete for the top five spots for their species. She’s achieved the honor before.“I had third in my divisions last year, so I had a third Division 3 doe last year, and then a third Shrop last year,” she said, referring to one of the breeds she shows.Queso is a white-faced sheep. Moore said that means he is very enthusiastic about food. He’s on a restricted diet, leading with proteins and a regular workout routine. One bite to freedom.(Rebecca Feldhaus Adams / LPM)“He goes on a treadmill for five minutes backwards and five minutes forwards, and then he sprints up and down the driveway,” the high-schooler said.In addition to her animals, Moore packed a number of outfits for each of the divisions she’ll compete in. For the market competition, she packed jeans, a big belt buckle and a flashy metallic shirt. For showmanship, she’ll wear a simpler, pinstripe shirt. Moore said it’s a more serious feeling competition, and it comes with a serious face.“Sometimes people describe it as an RBF,” she said, referring to the concept of resting bitch face that looks angry, upset, or uninterested. “Sometimes I like to say that I'm scaring the judges so much that they want to pick me.”And sometimes it works. Jordyn Gosney, 15, brought her prize pigs from Pendleton County.(Rebecca Feldhaus Adams / LPM)One room over, 15-year-old Jordyn Gosney has tried her showmanship face in competition, but may workshop it some more.“I've had a judge say that he thought I was gonna go out and cut his tires one time in a show, and I was like, ‘Okay, I don't really want to look that mean,’” Gosney said. “But yeah, very very very very intense.”She brought her three pigs: Elvis, Priscilla and Hulk. She’ll be judged on her presentation of the animals, and their characteristics. This is her fourth year showing pigs, and she loves it. This little piggy is very curious.(Rebecca Feldhaus Adams / LPM)“It just really shows me hard work and if you want something, you got to be able to work hard and have dedication for it,” Gosney said. “And when you eventually win something, it really means a lot.”She said there is a lot of sitting around in between showings, but over time she’s made friends and built a community through showing pigs.After the fair wraps up, she’ll take Elvis, Priscilla and Hulk back home. Her family will keep some of them for meat, and she hopes to sell others if they do well at the fair. ...read more read less