Wascana Winter Festival wants closer relationship with Frost, organizer says [Video]

As dozens of families turned up for carriage rides at this year’s Wascana Winter Festival – organizers say they hope for collaboration with REAL’s Frost Festival in the future.

Visitors to Regina’s Wascana Park were treated to the sound of horseshoes on pavement as carriage rides circled in front of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building Sunday.

Jim Macfarlane’s Clydesdales have ferried families at the Wascana Winter Festival for the past three years.

“Well we got Mike and Ace here,” he said, referring to the pair of horses at the front of his carriage. “They’re pretty famous old lead team off of an eight horse hitch. They’ve been everywhere and done everything and they’re just a couple of the good old ones.”

The pair had their work cut out for them as dozens of families lined up to get a ride and enjoy the mild winter weather on Sunday.

Macfarlane said there’s …