Lamplight to Sunlight: Revisiting the lives of pit ponies from new perspectives

Since the final pit pony took its last shift underground, we have learnt so much about horses that we now stand in awe of the miners and pit ponies who worked together in the darkest, grimy depths of the mines in Britain.Lamplight to Sunlight dives deep into the gloom of the past to celebrate and tell stories of the horses’ lives below and above ground through this new knowledge of horse psychology and behaviour.These fresh perspectives shine a light into those shadowy times with humour, compassion, and an understanding of the debt we owe to those who toiled in the deep. Read more