414:. In 1988, the Kiger Mustang Association (now the Kiger MesteƱo Association) was formed as the original registry for the herd. By 2013, the organization had registered around 800 horses, and annually inspects between 75 and 100 new horses. Two other associations are the Steens Mountain Kiger Registry, established in 1993, and the Kiger Horse Association and Registry. The Kiger mustangs of the Riddle Mountain and Kiger HMAs are the best known herds of mustangs in Oregon, despite making up only a small portion of the population. As of 2013, the state had a total estimated BLM-managed feral horse population of almost 2,600, roaming over 17 HMAs and a Wild Horse Territory co-managed with the
395:. The herds are rounded up every three to four years, and excess horses are auctioned to the public. At two of the more recent auctions, in 2007 and 2011, over 100 horses were auctioned at each event. The 2007 event resulted in 106 horses being adopted to homes in 14 states for a total of $ 100,206. The two horses with the highest bids went for $ 7,800 and $ 7,400. This is much higher than the adoption fees paid for other mustangs; horses removed from other herds in Oregon can be adopted for a walk-up fee of $ 125.
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make them some of the most desired by private buyers when horses are removed from the feral herds. The BLM rounds up the horses from the two herd management areas every three to four years, and auctions excess horses to the public, returning horses to public lands that meet the desired coloration and
221:-colored bodies and black points, and these horses may also be called lobo duns, olive grullas, silver grullas or smutty grullas. Claybank, another variation of red dun, describes Kiger horses who have golden body coats with red or orange tints and darker red points. Dun horses may have
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719:"Kiger Mustangs Up For Adoption in Burns, Oregon"
687:"Kiger and Riddle Mountain Herd Management Areas"
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16:Strain of mustang horse originating in Oregon, US
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843:. Steens Mountain Kiger Registry. Archived from
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601:"Senator trots out horse nominee"
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360:Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
256:Horses have been present in the
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439:"History of the Kiger Mustang"
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