Early Farm History

Meet Our Sire

Our Top Mares

Recently Sold

Custom built carts and boxes

Lessons and Training

Pictures of our Haflingers

Farm History

Oda Registered Haflingers began as Oda and Sons Pony Farm in the late 1950s. The farm was started by Larry's father, Kenneth Oda who trained the ponies and built several quality show hitch wagons for ponies and draft horses. The sons - Larry, Paul and David - assisted with much of the training and driving. In the late 1960s and early 70s they became well-known as Oda and Son's Eight Pony Hitch and were the feature of many parades and shows throughout Ohio. Today, Larry and Carol Oda operate Oda Registered Haflingers with the assistance of daughter Lisa, who rides, drives and is the webmaster, and son in law Mike Fede, who drives and builds our custom show carts. David and family also show haflingers as RoDaO Farm.

Below are some of our early photos:

Larry (driving), Shirley, and Paul Oda, 1958

First pony and wagon, 1955

Sleigh ride, 1957.

Larry (driving), David, and Paul Oda, 1963

David Oda 1963

 Larry, Paul and Kenneth, Ohio State Fair winners, 1959.

An early 6-hitch with Larry and Paul, 1966.

 Larry driving Prince, a registered Shetland, late 1960s

8-hitch, 1973                                                           8 hitch 1975

The 8-hitch standing in line by themselves, 1968.

Larry and Carol, 1977.

 6 hitch with Earl George, 1979.

Indiana Star, 1968              Lisa and Indiana Star, 1979

Larry, Landon and Lisa with Davric Liberty Bell (Ida) 1983-86

Betty Oda, matriarch of Oda and Sons Pony Farm, 2003.

   Show wagons, 1970.