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,

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, was a daughter of 1973 U.S. Triple Crown winner

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. Purchased by

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

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. 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 *

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(1990-2002) - won British Classic

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European Champion Two-Year-Old Colt *

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

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(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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* Commendable (1997-2014) - won

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(2000) *

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(b. 1998) - won

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(2004), American Champion Sprint Horse (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 af ...

(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.http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/90474/pedigree-analysis-is-bigger-always-better 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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References

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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