Elmer Bandit, the 38-year-old Half-Arabian who broke the record for lifetime competitive mileage last October, added another 20 miles to his record July 18 when he completed one day of the Cedar Creek competitive trail ride near Columbia, Mo.

Elmer’s owner and rider Mary Anna Wood entered him in a shorter, slower class that still required a 4 mph pace over the rocky hills of the Mark Twain National Forest.

Wood’s riding companion at the event, Lucy Hirsch, DVM, reported that Elmer pranced, danced, and jigged the final two miles.

“Elmer wondered why we were going so slow,” Wood was heard to comment