Are you a horse lover? Canfield Fairgrounds is where you want to go

CANFIELD — If you were inclined to talk about several generations of the Carroll family, such a discussion would be incomplete unless it included horses.

“I lived and grew up on a dairy farm in Richmond, Ohio [near Steubenville]. I’ve always had horses and horses for the boys,” said John Carroll Sr., whose son and two grandsons were on hand today at the two-day Northern Ohio Futurity Quarter Horse Show at the Canfield Fairgrounds.

The free event continues at 8 a.m. Sunday at the fairgrounds.

Carroll got his first horse at 8, and his love for the animals has been passed down through the family, which includes son, John Carroll Jr., the younger Carroll’s wife, Cheryl, and grandsons Justin, 8, and John, 12, all of Massillon.

Justin and his brother had their horse Love Me For Hours take part in the novice youth showmanship, one of 126 events that make up the competition, which is an American Quarter Horse Association-approved show.

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