Turn-To
{{Short description|British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Turn-to
| image =
| caption =
| sire = Royal Charger
| grandsire = Nearco
| dam = Source Sucree
| damsire = Admiral Drake
| sex = Stallion
| foaled = {{birth year|1951}}
| country = Great Britain
| colour = Bay
| breeder = Maj. E. R. Miville & Mrs. G. L. Hastings
| owner = Cain Hoy Stable
| trainer = Eddie Hayward
| record = 8:6–1–1
| earnings = $280,032
| race = Garden State Futurity (1953)
Saratoga Special Stakes (1953)
Flamingo Stakes (1954)
| awards=
| honors =
|updated= October 10, 2007
|death_date={{death year and age|1973|1951}}}}
Turn-to (1951–June 15, 1973{{Cite web |title=Turn-to Horse Pedigree |url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/turn-to |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=www.pedigreequery.com}}) was a British-born, American-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.
Background
He was sired by the British stallion Royal Charger, out of the French mare Source Sucree, whose sire, Admiral Drake, was third on the French sire list in 1949.
Imported to the United States of America as a yearling, Turn-to was bought at the Keeneland Sales for $20,000 ({{Inflation|US|20000|1952|r=-4|fmt=eq}}) to race for Capt. Harry F. Guggenheim's Cain Hoy Stable.
Racing career
As a two-year-old with Henry Moreno aboard, Turn-to won the Garden State Futurity and the Saratoga Special. He also won the Flamingo Stakes at three.
Retirement
Upon retirement, Turn-to initially stood at stud at Claiborne Farm before being moved to Spendthrift Farm after a disagreement between Guggenheim and Arthur B. Hancock.
His very successful progeny include First Landing, Hail To Reason, Best Turn, and Sir Gaylord.
Turn-to died on June 15, 1973 and is buried at Green Gates Farm, which is now part of Spendthrift Farm near Lexington, Kentucky.{{cite web|url=http://www.tbheritage.com/TurfHallmarks/Graves/cem/GraveMattersGreenGates.html |title=Grave Matters Green Gates Farm |publisher=Tbheritage.com |access-date=2013-01-02}} He was euthanized due to intestinal complications. {{Cite web |title=Turn-to Horse Pedigree |url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/turn-to |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=www.pedigreequery.com}}
Pedigree
{{Pedigree
|name = Turn-to (GB), bay stallion, 1951{{cite web|url=http://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm?page_state=ORDER_AND_CONFIRM&reference_number=522674®istry=T&horse_name=*Turn-to&dam_name=*Source%20Sucree&foaling_year=1951&nicking_stats_indicator=Y |title=Turn-to pedigree |publisher=equineline.com |date=2012-05-08 |access-date=2013-01-02}}
|inf =
|f = Royal Charger (GB)
1942
|m = Source Sucree (FR)
1940
|ff = Nearco (ITY)
1935
|fm = Sun Princess (GB)
1937
|mf = Admiral Drake (FR)
1931
|mm = Lavendula (FR)
1930
|fff = Pharos
|ffm = Nogara
|fmf = Solario
|fmm = Mumtaz Begum
|mff = Craig an Eran
|mfm = Plucky Liege
|mmf = Pharos
|mmm = Sweet Lavender
|ffff = Phalaris
|fffm = Scapa Flow
|ffmf = Havresac
|ffmm = Catnip
|fmff = Gainsborough
|fmfm = Sun Worship
|fmmf = Blenheim
|fmmm = Mumtaz Mahal
|mfff = Sunstar
|mffm = Maid of the Mist
|mfmf =Spearmint
|mfmm = Concertina
|mmff = Phalaris
|mmfm = Scapa Flow
|mmmf = Swynford
|mmmm = Marchetta (Family:1-w){{cite web|url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family1w.htm |title=Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Queen Bertha – Family 1-w |publisher=Bloodlines.net |access-date=2013-01-02}}
}}