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
Nick Wasicsko wrote the book "Show Me a Hero" about Wasicsko and the desegregation case. A six-episode HBO television miniseries of the same name, based on the book, written by David Simon and journalist William F. Zorzi and directed by Paul Haggis, premiered on August 16, 2015. Oscar Isaac played Wasicsko and later won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his performance. "", a 2007 documentary film about the Yonkers desegregation struggle, featured Wasicsko prominently as a lonely proponent of compliance with federal court orders to build low income and affordable housing in 1988. Nick