Addington Raceway CEO Shane Gloury said that his Club was thrilled with the outstanding turnover result.

"To achieve off course turnover growth of seven per cent on our biggest raceday in the current economic climate is a fantastic result. The media interest generated both in the lead up to and during this year's Cup Carnival was outstanding and reflects the NZ Trotting Cup's growing status as a major international racing event. The increased coverage in the media has certainly played a huge part in the substantial growth achieved in off course turnover" said Gloury.

Gloury also indicated that the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club was pleased with the on course results achieved on the NZ Trotting Cup Meeting.

"While our crowd of 23,452 was approximately 900 down on last year, it is a result that we are satisfied with given the current recessionary environment and the fact that the Club had to make a stand this year and issue a very strong responsible drinking message as part of a raft of changes required under our new liquor license. While this message didn't sit well with a small number of previous attendees, we have received overwhelming feedback that the better crowd behaviour and lower intoxication levels made the day far more enjoyable for the greater majority of patrons on course."

Actual on course betting on the day was $2,030,000, which is 35% higher than any other raceday of any code in New Zealand. On course totalisator betting on Cup Day was 1.1% down on the prior year.

Fashion is a fundamental element of NZ Trotting Cup Day and this year at Addington over 400 entries were received for the various fashion events conducted throughout the day. "This is a significant increase on previous years" Gloury highlighted, "and the larger grassed areas of the Lindauer Lawn and the Blanc De Blanc Club were also well received by those that patronised these areas."

Lindauer Raceday on Friday (Show Day) was marred by inclement weather with unseasonal cold weather coupled with rain and high winds meaning that crowd numbers were down on last year.

Loyal and seasoned racing punters however braved the cold and inclement weather and turned over $950,000 on course, which whilst 8.6% down on last year is still almost double the on course turnover level of any other harness meeting in New Zealand, outside of NZ Trotting Cup Day.

Addington Raceway CEO, Shane Gloury confirmed that the turnover that was lost on course due to the weather on Lindauer Raceday, was picked up off course with actual off course turnover of $2,163,000 being $92,000 higher than the previous year. This was in spite of a small but extremely select field of only six runners contesting one of the days feature events, the Woodlands New Zealand Free For All, with the small field size affecting turnover. Gloury stated that:

 "Addington Raceway will be reviewing the conditions and all elements of the race to try and ensure greater support from owners and trainers in the Group One event next year."

"Overall the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club was very happy with the turnover increases and other results achieved during the Cup Carnival" said Gloury.

"However, like all great events there are areas that we can improve upon. We need to provide more grassed areas at Addington, increase the number of toilet facilities available for the public and aim to cut queues in bar and tote areas in certain parts of the racecourse. The Club will be working hard over the next twelve months to deliver improvements in these areas and to ensure that the 2010 New Zealand Trotting Cup Carnival is bigger and better than ever."