Facts: - residence: rancho santa fe , california - boards: edwin california thoroughbred breeders association oak tree racing association thoroughbred owners j. of california thoroughbred owners and breeders association gregson foundation national thoroughbred racing association charities - death date: february 12 , 2007 - birth date: april 10 , 1944 - name: trudy mccaffery - parents: maxine & melvin hanson - death place: rancho santa fe , california - birth place: winnipeg , manitoba , canada - occupation: thoroughbred racing executive racehorse owner/breeder Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of trudy mccaffery .
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trudy v. mccaffery -lrb- april 10 , 1944 -- february 12 , 2007 -rrb- was a thoroughbred racehorse owner-breeder in california who served on the board of directors of the edwin j. gregson foundation , the ntra charities , the california thoroughbred breeders association , the oak tree racing association , and the thoroughbred owners of california , and was a trustee with the thoroughbred owners and breeders association .born trudy hanson in winnipeg , manitoba , canada , she was the daughter of minnesota-born canadian football hall of fame inductee melvin '' fritz '' hanson and his wife , maxine .as a young girl growing up in calgary , alberta , she became an accomplished equestrian .as an adult , in addition to participating in the sport of horse racing , she was an avid and good golfer .while living in rancho santa fe , california , in 1989 she began a racing partnership with canadian-born john toffan .it became one of california 's top racing and breeding operations and in 1997 the thoroughbred owners and breeders association named them '' owners of the year '' .they bred round pond who won the 2006 breeders ' cup distaff .their top runners included : mane minister -lrb- b. 1988 -rrb- -- won santa catalina stakes and finished third in all three of the u.s. triple crown races ; pacific squall -lrb- b. 1989 -rrb- - won grade i hollywood oaks -lrb- 1992 -rrb- ; bien bien -lrb- b. 1989 -rrb- - a homebred who won four grade i races including the san juan capistrano invitational handicap and set a course record for 1 1/4 miles while winning the hollywood invitational turf handicap .retired with earnings of $ 2,498,370 ; free house -lrb- b. 1994 -rrb- - a homebred who was a two-time california horse of the year and whose eight stakes race wins included california 's three most important dirt races , the santa anita derby -lrb- 1997 -rrb- , the pacific classic stakes -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , and the santa anita handicap -lrb- 1999 -rrb- ; a. p. assay -lrb- b. 1994 -rrb- - won the 1998 a gleam invitational...