Victoria Carriage Tours

Get a chance to meet the horses of Victoria Carriage Tours up close and personal in Brentwood. The company is offering trolley rides by donation on Sundays through Aug. 2. (Facebook/Victoria Carriage Tours)

Victoria carriage operator trots horse-drawn trolley tours into Brentwood Bay

By-donation, socially distanced rides offered as a thank you to community

 

The incident Friday Aug. 17 at Ogden Point left one vehicle damaged after horses from Victoria Carriage Tours veered into it. Cathy Heronemus photo

Horses from Victoria Carriage Tours involved in second incident in three months

Witnesses: Horses veered into a parked vehicle, smashing windows, climbing onto roof with front hooves

 

The B.C. SPCA is recommending a ban on horse-drawn trolleys, and asking that carriage tours be limited to quite city areas. (File photo)

UPDATE: BC SPCA recommends ban of horse-drawn carriages from downtown Victoria streets

Letter to city council cites accident at Ogden Point that caused horses to fall

 

Victoria Carriage Tours horses were hooked up to a similar trolley to this one when they slipped and fell at Ogden Point recently. (News file photo)

Horse-drawn carriage, trolley tour company facing backlash over Ogden Point incident

Accident was the result of a ‘perfect storm’ says Victoria Carriage Tours boss

Victoria Carriage Tours horses were hooked up to a similar trolley to this one when they slipped and fell at Ogden Point recently. (News file photo)