Turkish Trousers (horse) Oaks at Del Mar Racetrack, the Hollywood Oaks at Hollywood Park Racetrack, and the Santa Susana Stakes (now the Santa Anita Oaks) at Santa Anita Park. In her first start at age four in 1972, Turkish Trousers finished second to Typecast in the Santa Monica Handicap. She returned to form in February 1972 but as the bettors' longshot when she won the Santa Maria Handicap and paid $190.40 for a $2 winning ticket. She then won the Santa Margarita Handicap in March, again defeating Typecast as well as another top-rated filly, Convenience. After that, Turkish Trousers finished off the board
Exploding trousers line starting to smoke. There were also several reports of trousers exploding while farmers were wearing them, causing severe burns. The history was written up by James Watson of Massey University in a widely reported article, "The Significance of Mr. Richard Buckley's Exploding Trousers", and which later won him an Ig Nobel Prize In their May 2006 "Exploding Pants" episode the popular U.S. television show "MythBusters" investigated the idea that trousers could explode based on the events of New Zealand in the 1930s. Experimenters tested four substances on 100% cotton overalls: the common name for nitrocellulose. Each of these were