Gone West (March 10, 1984 – September 7, 2009) was an American

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. Bred by William O. Reed, he was a son of the influential sire Mr. Prospector. His dam, Secrettame, was a daughter of 1973 U.S. Triple Crown winner

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. Purchased by

Alice du Pont Mills Alice Frances du Pont Mills (December 13, 1912 – March 13, 2002) was an American aviator, thoroughbred race horse breeder and owner, environmentalist, philanthropist and a member of the prominent du Pont family. Biography Born in Wilmington, D ...

and raced under her Hickory Tree Stable banner, Gone West was conditioned for racing by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer

Woody Stephens Woody Stephens (September 1, 1913 – August 22, 1998) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer. Biography Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, he had a younger brother named William Ward Stephens who also b ...

. While Gone West won three important stakes races, he is best known as a sire and a sire of sires. At

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, among the notable horses he sired are: * West by West (1989-2011) - multiple stakes winner with career earnings of $1,038,123 *

Zafonic Zafonic (1 April 1990 – 7 September 2002) was a European Thoroughbred racehorse bred in Kentucky. He was the 1992 European Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and won the following year's 2,000 Guineas. Background Zafonic was sired by the Mr. P ...

(1990-2002) - won

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(b. 1991) - won G1 Rothman's International (1995), career earnings $1,318,371 *

Da Hoss Da Hoss (January 18, 1992 – January 2, 2022) was a champion Thoroughbred gelding best known for winning the Breeders' Cup Mile two times. Background He was bred in Kentucky by Fares Farms and originally owned by Prestonwood Farm as well as Wa ...

(b. 1992) - won

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(1996, 1998), career earnings $1,931,558 *

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(1993-2018) - stakes winner, sired

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(1997-2014) - won

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(2000) *

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(b. 1998) - won

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(2004),

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(2004), career earnings $1,258,256 *

Came Home Came Home (March 29, 1999 – July 8, 2021) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by Gone West, who was recently pensioned aMill Ridge Farm Came Home was out of the graded-stakes-winning mare Nice Assay. Came Home got his name aft ...

(1999-2021) - multiple Grade 1 winner, career earnings $1,835,940 *

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(1999-2014) - won G1

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(2002), G1

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(2003); career earnings $1,494,496 * Marsh Side (b. 2003) - won G1 Canadian International, career earnings $1,519,706 Other sons of Gone West who became good sires were Zamindar, Mr. Greeley, Proud Citizen,

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, and Western Winter. Gone West is the damsire of 2005

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winner, Motivator. At maturity, he reached high. Gone West stood at Mill Ridge Farm in

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. They announced that the stallion would be pensioned after the 2009 breeding season. However, he was euthanized due to complications from

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Gone West's pedigree and partial racing stats

Gone West at Mill Ridge Farm
1984 racehorse births 2009 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States Thoroughbred family 2-f Chefs-de-Race