The artwork represents a life-size pit pony pulling a coal truck along a set of rails. Wouda was commissioned by The Groundworks Trust Wigan to produce a sculpture, as part as an artist in residence project at Leigh CE Junior school in 1989, and different classes were involved in the construction of the sculpture. The skin of the pony is encrusted with objects- rope, chains, and buckles., representative of the coal mining industry. It was constructed using. The completed structure was presented to the owners of the Spinning Gate Shopping centre in 1991 when it opened, where it was displayed in the Main Mall but it was moved to the Market Hall entrance a few years later. Changes to the shopping centre in 2001 resulted in the council deciding to remove the sculpture and it eventually found a new home at the Astley Mining Museum (now the Lancashire Mining Museum) where it was exhibited in the museum building.