Tweed-suited horse makes debut (:45)

AP McCoy, a 20-times champion jockey, unveils the world's first Harris Tweed suit designed for a race horse.

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

Source: Reuters

This story was originally published March 14, 2016 at 2:36 PM with the headline "Tweed-suited horse makes debut (:45)."