The Kiger Mustang

Cirra is a 1996 Red Dun Kiger mare.
Cirra was adopted from the wild as a weanling.
I purchased her in 2000 from her original adopters.
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Cirra in 1996	Here's Cirra as a weanling. This picture was taken at the Burns corral at the 1996 Kiger adoption. (Thanks Kim Kellogg for the picture!)
	My experience with Diva was so much fun I decided I couldn't have just one Kiger. I was still bummed I hadn't been able to adopt a wild one myself in the 1999 adoption and literally stumbled across an internet ad listing for Cirra.
	Here are pictures of Cirra when I went to look at her in early 2000. The field she was in was pretty muddy at the time (typical of Northwest winters) so you can't see her white socks.
Aug 2000	Cirra is also a quick learner and has a very sweet nature. She's very curious and between her and Diva it's always an adventure getting any work done in the field. There are always horse noses supervising all activity from fence mending to poop scooping. Favorite tricks are to tip the wheelbarrow over or take the broom/manure fork and bean the other with it, and to pull on anything sticking out of my back pockets.
	Since my hands were still pretty full training Diva, I decided to breed Cirra to My Kiger Tiger, a Kiger stallion that I really liked and wanted a foal by. Here's Cirra in late June looking like a pea ready to pop! Due date 7/10/01.
	Cirra surprised me by foaling almost a week early. But she had everything under control (she knew I was a worry wart and decided to just have it over with) by the time I arrived at the barn. Diva was on guard duty watching over the both of them.
	Cirra is being a great mom, and I guess she did me a favor. So even though I missed the actual event, I was spared the horror of sleeping in the barn with spiders and other assorted creepy crawlers.

Congratulations Bill and Michelle on the purchase of Cirra, and her new job as Bill's trail horse. I hope you will have many happy miles together.