CLOSING DAY 1985

August 26th, 1985 Article. Caption says: 'The horses are shown leaving the starting gate in the third race-the 2-mile,70-yard Ace of Spades race that was won by Tuesday Tom ridden by Tim Doocy- during the final day of racing Sunday at Ak-sar-ben. The track closed its 86-day golden anniversary season the same way it began-with broken records. A crowd of 21,792- a record Sunday attendance- was on hand to watch I'm Enchanted win the inaugural running of the Nebraska Stallions Stakes, a $75,000-added stakes over six furlongs. The season attendence was 1,305,753, breaking the 1,236,608 set last year'.

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