Horse dressed in tweed suit ahead of Cheltenham Festival

Horse dressed in tweed suit ahead of Cheltenham Festival
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Summary Complete with a flat cap and tie, Morestead wore the three-piece suit.

(Reuters) - Veteran race horse Morestead upped the style stakes for this year s Cheltenham Festival by modelling the word s first Harris Tweed suit designed for a race horse.

Complete with a flat cap and tie, Morestead wore the three-piece suit alongside champion jockey AP McCoy.



Bookmaker William Hill commissioned former Alexander McQueen apprentice Emma Sandham-King with making the suit, which took four weeks to make and used up more than 18 metres (59 ft) of tweed.

Britain s Cheltenham Festival, a horse racing event held each year in the western English county of Gloucestershire, kicks off on March 15. 

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