How About A Horse on the Red Carpet?

These horses are called Gypsy Vanners and they are the latest obsession of a Chester County (PA) couple, Sue Rathbone and Ed Fitts, who actually just finished bankrolling a movie starring one of their own Gypsy Vanners, named Odd Job Bob. The movie, stars Kris Kristofferson and Brooke Shields among others, so this is no fly by night film and the entire moral of the story seems to be that if you have enough money, you can do just about anything.

Fitts, an industrial engineer who made his pile of dough by manufacturing paper packaging for fast food restaurants, is pretty much used to getting whatever he wants. So when he decided that he liked the horse he rode on vacation in Sedona one year so much that he bought half a dozen of the same breed, it was no biggie for him to decide to breed Gypsy Vanners, a rare and beautiful breed that some feel is a smaller version of the Budweiser Clydesdales. Rathbone was similarly obsessed with the Vanners and the two set out to become ambassadors for the breed.

Part of this self declared ambassador-ship involved a starring role for Odd Job Bob in a film that they bankrolled. It just finished filming in Georgia and they are still looking for a distributor. No details on the story other than the horse does not die, the film has a happy ending and it teaches a life lesson.

Actually sounds like a winning family flick and don't be surprised if Odd Job Bob ends up being a star. Seems like this couple has the Midas touch in more ways than one.