Pit Pony
Pit Pony

Pit Pony

1999 1 Seasons 44 Episodes ⭐ 8.5 Drama Family

In 1904, on the Nova Scotia island of Cape Breton, 12-year-old Willie McLean, following the death of his father, joins the coal mines, where he bonds with the working horses underground. His family's mining legacy shapes their lives.

In 1904, on the Nova Scotia island of Cape Breton, 12-year-old Willie McLean, following the death of his father, joins the coal mines, where he bonds with the working horses underground. His family's mining legacy shapes their lives.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Light to the Future

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, 1904. Willie MacLean is an 12-year-old with a passion for horses and is helping his family get b

EP 2

Best Laid Plans

Nellie's Aunt Rose arrives for a visit, and she does not get along with Ned after learning that Nellie lied to her about

EP 3

Forerunner

Willie and schoolmates, Mollie and Angus, are forced to spend the night in an abandoned house reputed to be haunted on a

EP 4

The Ball Game

In the aftermath of the recent pit flooding, Ned wants to organize a protest of the working conditions. But Mr. Frawley,

EP 5

To Have and to Hold

With Ned unjustly fired as an example by Mr. Frawley, Rose wants to take Maggie, Sarah, and Willie back to Halifax with

EP 6

Endings and Beginnings

With Ned and Nellie away in nearby Sydney celebrating their honeymoon, the snobbish, city slicker Rose finds herself the

EP 7

The Phantom Ship

After Willie thinks he sees a ghostly pirate ship in the cove, he tries to get Mollie and Angus to help him search for a

EP 8

The Mine's Mark

After Willie's horse, Sable, goes missing, Willie suspects that he may have been stolen and he is forced to sneak into t

EP 9

Sleeping Dogs Lie

Ben vouches for Ned to prove that the pit pony Sable is Willie's horse. Willie becomes determined to find out who stole

EP 10

Calling Mr. Bell

More technology comes to Glace Bay starting with a public telephone installed in the lobby of Mrs. MacTavish's train sta

EP 11

Ghost in the Lens

Using his new photo camera given to him by Alexander Graham Bell, Willie takes a photo of the old Borso haunted house, a

EP 12

Famous

L.B. Collins, a noted newspaper reporter from Halifax, arrives in Glace Bay to interview Willie after his photo of Strin

EP 13

Winds of Change

When Ned is temporally laid off as the mine puts in new electric wires, Nellie thinks about getting a job. But Ned, due

EP 14

Reunion

When Ned is temporally laid off as the mine puts in new electric wires, Nellie thinks about getting a job. But Ned, due

EP 15

Making Their Way

When Rose offers to buy a large farmhouse for Nellie and Ned, they both find that there are naturally strings attached a

EP 16

Where There's A Will

Nellie decides to open her own laundry business, as Willie continues struggling between schoolwork and delivering packag

EP 17

Evolution

The evil and greedy Wendell Crowe begins to play hardball with Miss Harper by threatening to having her teaching license

EP 18

The Truth About Heroes

When Ned is nominated by the miners to run for president of the Provencial Workers Association, his rival, the head wran

EP 19

Night Into Day

Willie and Charley look after Spider Davis' pit pony, Zack, after he falls ill. Willie asks Helen Borso for some special

EP 20

Transformations

Mollie asks Nellie to do a makeover on her in order to shed her tomboy image from hanging around Willie and Angus, and m

EP 21

Connections

When Nellie's laundry machine goes bust, she tries taking another job as assistant teacher at Miss Harper's school, but

EP 22

Homecoming

Maggie returns unexpectedly from Halifax, and soon finds how everything with Nellie, Willie, and Ned have changed for bo

EP 23

Charley's Secret

Charley finds himself haunted by his past involving the ghost of an old friend who keeps appearing before him involving

EP 24

Sunshine and Shadows

Nellie begins to think that she might be pregnant which puts both a glimmer of hope for everyone as Willie and Maggie ta

EP 25

Into The Dark

With Nellie now bedridden, she fears she may have Scarlet Fever, but is instead diagnosed with consumption. Willie and M

EP 26

Our Sons and Daughters

With Willie back working in the mine as the pit pony driver to cover for Stringy while he's still in the hospital recove

EP 27

Power Plays

As the newly elected first president of the Junior Mine Workers' Association, Willie asks Mr. Crowe to recruit a doctor

EP 28

Two Sides of the Coin

The national coal company's new doctor arrives in Glace Bay to treat the bedridden Nellie's advance case of consumption.

EP 29

Coal Dust

Willie is given responsibility for checking a dangerous seam for methane. When an explosion brings down the roof, he's h

EP 30

A Weighty Matter

Mine owner Wendell Crowe, tired of Willie's combative attitude toward management, makes plans to teach him a lesson and

EP 31

Gone Fishin'

The Ponies are about to play their first big game without Willie. Charley takes him on a fishing trip to get his mind of

EP 32

Home

After a fire breaks out, Ned accidentally stumbles upon the secret location that Spider Davis calls home. Ned is surpris

EP 33

Company Business

Tony's appointment as mine doctor proves to be a mixed blessing when the men find themselves over-billed for his service

EP 34

The Game

The Ponies are about to play for the championship, but the game might have to be forfeited. Ned and Dr. Tony Moressa get

EP 35

Taking Chances

Love is in the air, or is it? Willie and Maggie conspire to ignite a romance between Charley McGinnis and Anne Harper, t

EP 36

In Harmony

Ned feels the weight of his new responsibilities in his new position as the mine's overman. During some dangerous work i

EP 37

Sarah's Return

While staying in Halifax, Sarah has turned into a tiny Aunt Rose, full of sophistication and pretension. Maggie tries to

EP 38

That Special Spark

Stringy Borso is leaving Glace Bay for baseball camp, and Nellie's choir is planning its first public performance in hon

EP 39

Lost

Glace Bay's new advances in technology results in more mechanization at the mine. Consequently, a large number of miner

EP 40

Fiddler's Fall

The annual Fiddler's Fall is in jeopardy of being cancelled when beautiful and talented Theresa Cameron (Natalie MacMast

EP 41

Chasing Shadows

A wild stallion is stealing ponies from the mine. In order to keep Doyle from shooting the animal, Willie and Charley mu

EP 42

Price of Change

Ned's modern coal cutters continue to cause problems at the mine. Rufus and Scotty have trouble maintaining their machin

EP 43

Small Steps

Ned and Nellie unexpectedly receive a bundle of joy at their house. Unfortunately, the baby's arrival leads to a confron

EP 44

Securities

When Willie gets an opportunity of a lifetime to leave behind his life as a pit boy and attend photography school in Bos

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