Horse grows seven-inch moustache, has no plans to shave it off

Alfie the horse looks like he could be the first ever 'Movember' winner to have four legs after he decided his moustache is here to stay.

The seven-inch golden curls sprouted from his lip when he hit maturity, but he has grown so attached to his mo that he refuses to let stable manager Hayley Coxteth anywhere near him to cut it off.

Usually horses will get their 'tache cut every six months to keep it from getting in their mouth.

But Alfie has been grooming his mo for five years and it has now fully overgrown both top and bottom lips.

Just the sight of scissors makes Alfie toey and he's been known to bolt across the stable and away to safety just to avoid the snip.

Hayley, 20, told the Daily Mail: 'He is a very headstrong horse and is very proud of his moustache.

'He is a real character. A few years ago it was really big and full but it now looks a little scraggy because it's so long.

'It was bizarre when I first saw it and my first inkling was we need to shave it off. But he does not let you anywhere near it.

'You have to be very brave to try and tackle his curls.'

The fussy stallion, who is kept in Bitton, Gloucestershire, doesn't mind being ridden though and Hayley says Alfie is happy as long as he can keep the mo.

Usually only a rare breed of horse known as the Friesian has been known to grow lengthy whiskers.

And industry experts who have examined Alfie say his moustache could possibly be the longest in Britain.


/Metro/