Kiger Mustangs are primarily dun in color and have primitive
markings, including zebra-like stripes on the upper legs and
shoulders as well as a dorsal stripe which runs down the middle
of the back into the tail. Typically a dun horse is a shade of
muted tan or a light brown-gray with dark brown or black manes.
Dun horses are generally identified as simply duns or grullas.
Kiger Mustangs, as a rule, are agile and intelligent, with the
stamina and surefootedness seen in many feral horse breeds. Bold
and with lots of "heart and bottom" (a term for courage and
determination) but gentle as well as calm, they are used for
pleasure riding as well as endurance riding, assorted
performance competition under saddle, driving, and many other
situations where an athletic horse is desired. Kiger Mustang is
substrain of Mustang horse located in the southeastern part of
U.S. state of Oregon. Originally feral horses with specific
conformation traits discovered in 1977, the name also applies to
their bred-in-captivity progeny