Kate Havord, 47, is not your regular woman. She’s lived as a horse from six until she clocked 13 having been taken over by a a ‘horse spirit’. She would gallop on all fours and even wear a bridle. It didn’t just end at that as she would then proceed to eat grass.
![PIC by Matt Lincoln/MERCURY PRESS (PICTURED: KATE HAVORD, 47 FROM CHIPPENHAM, PRETENDING TO BE A HORSE) A woman has admitted she lived as a horse EVERY DAY until the age of 13 ñ galloping around on all fours, wearing a bridle and even eating grass. Equestrian escapades were all part of the daily routine for art therapist Kate Havord for seven years between the ages of six and 13. The 47-year-old said a ëhorse spirití first entered her when she won an all fours running race at school and eventually had 32 distinct horse personalities she could call upon at any given moment. SEE MERCURY COPY](https://amebobook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tmp_11381-ad_226307217-2125193256.jpg)
According to Kate who now lives in Chippenham, Wilts, a ‘horse spirit’ entered her between the ages of six and 13. She recalls having 32 distinct horse personalities she could call upon at any given moment.
![PIC by Matt Lincoln/MERCURY PRESS (PICTURED: KATE HAVORD, 47 FROM CHIPPENHAM, PRETENDING TO BE A HORSE) A woman has admitted she lived as a horse EVERY DAY until the age of 13 ñ galloping around on all fours, wearing a bridle and even eating grass. Equestrian escapades were all part of the daily routine for art therapist Kate Havord for seven years between the ages of six and 13. The 47-year-old said a ëhorse spirití first entered her when she won an all fours running race at school and eventually had 32 distinct horse personalities she could call upon at any given moment. SEE MERCURY COPY](https://amebobook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tmp_11381-ad_2263071661725924680.jpg)
![PIC by Matt Lincoln/MERCURY PRESS (PICTURED: KATE HAVORD, 47 FROM CHIPPENHAM, PRETENDING TO BE A HORSE) A woman has admitted she lived as a horse EVERY DAY until the age of 13 ñ galloping around on all fours, wearing a bridle and even eating grass. Equestrian escapades were all part of the daily routine for art therapist Kate Havord for seven years between the ages of six and 13. The 47-year-old said a ëhorse spirití first entered her when she won an all fours running race at school and eventually had 32 distinct horse personalities she could call upon at any given moment. SEE MERCURY COPY](https://amebobook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tmp_11381-ad_2263071661725924680.jpg)
![PIC by Matt Lincoln/MERCURY PRESS (PICTURED: KATE HAVORD, 47 FROM CHIPPENHAM, POSING AND PRETENDING TO EAT HORSE FOOD) A woman has admitted she lived as a horse EVERY DAY until the age of 13 ñ galloping around on all fours, wearing a bridle and even eating grass. Equestrian escapades were all part of the daily routine for art therapist Kate Havord for seven years between the ages of six and 13. The 47-year-old said a ëhorse spirití first entered her when she won an all fours running race at school and eventually had 32 distinct horse personalities she could call upon at any given moment. SEE MERCURY COPY](https://amebobook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tmp_11381-ad_226307139-633676489.jpg)
![PIC by Matt Lincoln/MERCURY PRESS (PICTURED: KATE HAVORD, 47 FROM CHIPPENHAM, POSING AND PRETENDING TO EAT HORSE FOOD) A woman has admitted she lived as a horse EVERY DAY until the age of 13 ñ galloping around on all fours, wearing a bridle and even eating grass. Equestrian escapades were all part of the daily routine for art therapist Kate Havord for seven years between the ages of six and 13. The 47-year-old said a ëhorse spirití first entered her when she won an all fours running race at school and eventually had 32 distinct horse personalities she could call upon at any given moment. SEE MERCURY COPY](https://amebobook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tmp_11381-ad_226307139-633676489.jpg)
Kate who grew up on a farm in Scotland, also said she used to try to eat her meals like a horse. She said:
‘It was like the spirit of the horse entered me – I felt so free and powerful and this euphoria was intensified by the fact that I won the race by a long shot.
![PIC by Matt Lincoln/MERCURY PRESS (PICTURED: KATE HAVORD, 47 FROM CHIPPENHAM) A woman has admitted she lived as a horse EVERY DAY until the age of 13 ñ galloping around on all fours, wearing a bridle and even eating grass. Equestrian escapades were all part of the daily routine for art therapist Kate Havord for seven years between the ages of six and 13. The 47-year-old said a ëhorse spirití first entered her when she won an all fours running race at school and eventually had 32 distinct horse personalities she could call upon at any given moment. SEE MERCURY COPY](https://amebobook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tmp_11381-ad_226307032-1431561089.jpg)
![PIC by Matt Lincoln/MERCURY PRESS (PICTURED: KATE HAVORD, 47 FROM CHIPPENHAM) A woman has admitted she lived as a horse EVERY DAY until the age of 13 ñ galloping around on all fours, wearing a bridle and even eating grass. Equestrian escapades were all part of the daily routine for art therapist Kate Havord for seven years between the ages of six and 13. The 47-year-old said a ëhorse spirití first entered her when she won an all fours running race at school and eventually had 32 distinct horse personalities she could call upon at any given moment. SEE MERCURY COPY](https://amebobook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tmp_11381-ad_226307032-1431561089.jpg)
‘From that moment on there was always more of a pull to get down on all fours and gallop that to walk along on two legs – I would pretend to be a horse at every opportunity.
‘I remember going to my mum and dad’s vegetable patch and nibbling on broccoli flowers, a fennel bush or even a bit of grass – although that was a bit of a struggle to eat.
‘I created horse shoes out of old cork tiles and stuck them on to create horse shoe patterns, and I used to use my mum’s empty face cream pots as hooves.’
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According to Kate, her father the late renowned television actor, Conrad Phillips, brought to an end her days as a horse. He said to her in his Shakespearean actor’s voice:
![PIC by Matt Lincoln/MERCURY PRESS (PICTURED: KATE HAVORD, 47 FROM CHIPPENHAM, HOLDING A HORSE HOOVE AND ONE THAT SHE MADE (LEFT)) A woman has admitted she lived as a horse EVERY DAY until the age of 13 ñ galloping around on all fours, wearing a bridle and even eating grass. Equestrian escapades were all part of the daily routine for art therapist Kate Havord for seven years between the ages of six and 13. The 47-year-old said a ëhorse spirití first entered her when she won an all fours running race at school and eventually had 32 distinct horse personalities she could call upon at any given moment. SEE MERCURY COPY](https://amebobook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tmp_11381-ad_226307007113156132.jpg)
![PIC by Matt Lincoln/MERCURY PRESS (PICTURED: KATE HAVORD, 47 FROM CHIPPENHAM, HOLDING A HORSE HOOVE AND ONE THAT SHE MADE (LEFT)) A woman has admitted she lived as a horse EVERY DAY until the age of 13 ñ galloping around on all fours, wearing a bridle and even eating grass. Equestrian escapades were all part of the daily routine for art therapist Kate Havord for seven years between the ages of six and 13. The 47-year-old said a ëhorse spirití first entered her when she won an all fours running race at school and eventually had 32 distinct horse personalities she could call upon at any given moment. SEE MERCURY COPY](https://amebobook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tmp_11381-ad_226307007113156132.jpg)
‘there comes a time, my darling, when every young lady has to put away her hooves.
![PIC FROM MERCURY PRESS (PICTURED: KATE HAVORD, 47, WITH HER HORSE ORINOCO WHICH PASSED AWAY) A woman has admitted she lived as a horse EVERY DAY until the age of 13 ñ galloping around on all fours, wearing a bridle and even eating grass. Equestrian escapades were all part of the daily routine for art therapist Kate Havord for seven years between the ages of six and 13. The 47-year-old said a ëhorse spirití first entered her when she won an all fours running race at school and eventually had 32 distinct horse personalities she could call upon at any given moment. SEE MERCURY COPY](https://amebobook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tmp_11381-ad_2263072682030499733.jpg)
![PIC FROM MERCURY PRESS (PICTURED: KATE HAVORD, 47, WITH HER HORSE ORINOCO WHICH PASSED AWAY) A woman has admitted she lived as a horse EVERY DAY until the age of 13 ñ galloping around on all fours, wearing a bridle and even eating grass. Equestrian escapades were all part of the daily routine for art therapist Kate Havord for seven years between the ages of six and 13. The 47-year-old said a ëhorse spirití first entered her when she won an all fours running race at school and eventually had 32 distinct horse personalities she could call upon at any given moment. SEE MERCURY COPY](https://amebobook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tmp_11381-ad_2263072682030499733.jpg)
‘It was then I remember that I suddenly felt a switch go off. That was a really strange moment. That day my childhood was over – I stopped doing it after that.’
During Kate’s days living as a horse, she was joined by her younger sister, Sarah, 44, and together, the pair eventually cultivated the personalities of 32 different horses.