20-time champion jockey Tony McCoy unveils the world’s first authentic tweed suit designed for a horse

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Ahead of this year’s Cheltenham Festival, the world’s first Harris Tweed suit designed specifically for a race horse has been unveiled by 20-time champion jockey Sir Anthony McCoy.

The new equestrian fashion range, modelled by veteran horse Morestead, features a three-piece suit complete with shirt, tie and flat cap.

The horse outfit was specially commissioned by William Hill, who tasked former Alexander McQueen apprentice, Emma Sandham-King, with creating a stylish Harris Tweed suit to celebrate the start of the 2016 Cheltenham Festival.

Emma Sandham-King and her team of seamstresses and tailors, spent 4 weeks creating the enormous tailored three-piece suit using over 18 metres of genuine tweed shipped from the Isle of Harris. The custom made suit has been created with ten times as much fabric as an equivalent human suit.

Sir Anthony McCoy comments: “I have many fond memories of racing at Cheltenham Festival amongst the sea of onlooking, tweed-wearing racegoers. I’ll be watching from the side-lines for the first time this year and rather than strapping on my jockey silks, I’ll be joining the punters and hopefully tipping up a few winners to bash the bookies.”

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