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Stetson Land & Cattle LLP

2009 Record: (7-1-0-3)

2009 Earnings: $63,850

2009 Win %: 14% In-The-Money %: 57%

Owner(s): Nita Connelly, Christopher Connelly, and Sasha Borland
Residence: Corona del Mar, Calif.
Family: Nita: husband John; children Monika Haefelfinger-Kelly, Kathryn Vogt, Robert Haefelfinger, Christopher Connelly and Sasha Borland; and ten grandchildren. Operates Stetson Land & Cattle LLP with Christopher and Sasha
Professional Background: Family owns a cattle ranch in Northern California. Stetson Land & Cattle is an old family business name dating back to the California Gold Rush of 1848
Racing Background: John and Nita had been interested in racing and attended the races at Santa Anita ... Their background includes riding Quarter Horses and herding cattle on their ranch
Breeding/Racing Operation: They became Thoroughbred owners after meeting trainer Bob Baffert at the 2002 Barretts March 2-year-old sale ... "We were interested in bidding on Atlantic Ocean," Nita said. Atlantic Ocean topped the sale at $1.9 million, selling to The Thoroughbred Corporation ... Baffert recommended another horse for them at the sale, Beauty Unbridled, who is now one of their broodmares ... Currently have five horses in training, including Guns On the Table, Painted Shadow, and Air Ace, as well as a few mares in at Hill 'n' Dale Farm in Kentucky ... Bought Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies prospect Cry and Catch Me privately after she finished second in her first race in July. "Nita deserves the credit – she loved the horse," John Connelly said. "The filly was just dripping with class. We saw her out in the open at Craig Dollase's barn." ... Cry and Catch Me became their first stakes winner when she captured the Oak Leaf Stakes. She did not compete in the Breeders' Cup after coming down with a fever.

NOTE: Bio stats include North American and selected international races. Click here to view selected international race list. Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships. Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.