TOGETHER THAT IS WHAT THE STATE FAIR IS ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU. SAY WE KNOW IT'S A UNIQUE PLACE TO BE HERE AT THE GREAT MINNESOTA. GET TOGETHER. LISTEN TO THIS. THE HORSE WE'RE ABOUT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO IS. NO. IS DIFFERENT FROM BEING UNUSUAL. OUR PHOTOJOURNALIST, SIRAJ SARIM GOT A CHANCE TO MEET A RARE AMERICAN CREAM DRAFT HORSE. SO TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS AMERICAN PUMPKIN CREAM PIE OR WHAT WE CALL HER PUMPKIN. SHE'S AN AMERICAN CREAM DRAFT HORSE. FIVE YEAR OLD FILLY. IT'S VERY RARE. HORSE. ABOUT 400 IN THE WORLD. THESE ARE BEEN ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. THE ONLY DRAFT HORSE THAT'S EVER BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE U.S. BASED OUT OF IOWA, BUT THEY ARE VERY FRIENDLY, VERY KIND AND WILLING TO DO ANYTHING THAT YOU REALLY WANT THEM TO DO. THEY BACK IN THE OLD DAYS, THEY USED THEM PRETTY HEAVILY FOR FARMING. BUT WHEN THE MECHANIZATION CAME THROUGH, THEY NO LONGER NEEDED THE HORSES. SO A LOT OF THEM EITHER WENT TO FEED OR THEY JUST DIDN'T BREED ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T NEED THEM ANYMORE. SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO REBUILD THE BREED, GETTING THEM BACK UP TO THE NUMBERS THIS YEAR. WE'VE HAD A VERY GOOD YEAR OF FOALS, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN KEEP THE BREED GOING AND IMPROVE THE NUMBERS. THEY WERE SHOWCASED AT THE MINNESOTA ZOO FOR MANY YEARS, SADLY, BOTH OF THOSE HORSES HAVE PASSED, WHICH LEAVES PUMPKIN ONE OF THREE IN THE STATE, WITH THIS THIS BREED, THIS COLOR IN HER GENES. SO VERY RARE TO SEE, AND VERY EXCITED TO MEET PEOPLE