A lot of the riding out here is either ranch work or trail riding. Mustangs generally have a lot of stamina, can handle the mountains and aren’t real spooky.
My ex-daughter-in-law had one that could hang with our appys up and down mountains all day, unfortunately, he was more notional than an appaloosa even. He developed a habit of bucking coming down off a hill and threw her several times before we convinced her to sell him to a ranch and gave her one of our horses.
The ranch loved him. He was a beautiful buckskin color but that was all that was beautiful about him.
What kind of riding are you doing now? You always have liked big horses. :)
I'm still doing combined training, haven't been out on a hunter pace in awhile. There's a schooling day in a couple of weeks at a local 3-day farm, thinking about getting out there. But just changed horses so maybe not (or I can ride my old horse if he's not spoken for . . . )
Used to be one at our barn that was named RT. That stood for Rotten Thing. She was a kook and her ground manners were appalling, but she could jump the moon.