Kept horses mad about light (7)

I believe the answer is:

stabled

'kept horses' is the definition.

'mad about light' is the wordplay.
'mad' becomes 'bats' (informal term for mad).
'about' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'light' becomes 'led' (I've seen this before).
'bats' back-to-front is 'stab'.
'stab'+'led'='STABLED'

(Another definition for stabled that I've seen is " Stored".)

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