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Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-15T13:38:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:55.586Z og:title: Horse Models 3 Piece Harris Tweed Suit: Photos og:description: Horse models three piece Harris Tweed suit og:url: https://time.com/4257866/horse-tweed-suit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2141e2e5bed9c0ad/69888adb2dce0177419e82d4/25069634243_08e8d5b81a_o.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: FREE USAGE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Horse Models 3 Piece Harris Tweed Suit: Photos twitter:description: Horse models three piece Harris Tweed suit twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2141e2e5bed9c0ad/69888adb2dce0177419e82d4/25069634243_08e8d5b81a_o.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # What's This? Oh, Just a Race Horse Sporting a Three-Piece Tweed Suit  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 15, 2016 1:38 PM UTC  Veteran racehorse Morestead models the world's first authentic Harris Tweed suit designed for a racing horse, which has been specially commissioned by William Hill to celebrate the opening of this year's Cheltenham Festival. Issue date: Monday March 14, 2016\. The tweed suit was designed by former Alexander McQueen apprentice Emma Sandham-King and unveiled by 20-time champion jockey Sir Anthony McCoy. Statistician Dr Geoff Ellis found that on average 200 miles and seven furlongs (321.5km) of tweed are worn every year by spectators every year at Cheltenham Festival, which is enough to stretch from Cheltenham to Ireland. The festival kicks off on Tuesday 15th March 2016\. Picture caption should read: Tim Anderson / Taylor Herring Veteran racehorse Morestead models the world's first authentic Harris Tweed suit designed for a racing horse, which has been specially commissioned by William Hill to celebrate the opening of this year's Cheltenham Festival. Issue date: Monday March 14, 2016\. The tweed suit was designed by former Alexander McQueen apprentice Emma Sandham-King and unveiled by 20-time champion jockey Sir Anthony McCoy. Statistician Dr Geoff Ellis found that on average 200 miles and seven furlongs (321.5km) of tweed are worn every year by spectators every year at Cheltenham Festival, which is enough to stretch from Cheltenham to Ireland. The festival kicks off on Tuesday 15th March 2016\. Picture caption should read: Tim Anderson / Taylor HerringTim Anderson / Taylor Herring  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 15, 2016 1:38 PM UTC Horses can’t wear three-piece suits, right? Well, _neigh_ver, say never. In a promotion for the bookmaker William Hill, a race horse dubbed Morestead models the outfit with 20-time champion jockey Sir Anthony McCoy ahead of the Cheltenham Festival horse race, which kicks off Tuesday in Gloucestershire, England. Stylist Emma Sandham-King got saddled with task of fashioning the “world’s first Harris Tweed suit” for a race horse. The former apprentice to London-born designer Alexander McQueen spent about a month making it and used nearly 60 feet of tweed. “Creating the world’s first tweed suit for a horse has been one of the biggest challenges that I have faced in my career as a designer,” she said [in a statement](http://www.williamhillplc.com/media/newsroom/media-releases/2016/tweed-clothed-horse-sets-the-trend-for-cheltenham/). “Some models can be real divas, but veteran racing horse Morestead was calm and a pleasure to work with.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4257866/horse-tweed-suit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4257866/horse-tweed-suit/"},"headline":"What's This? 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