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Big fields and crowds returning to Addington led to record record amounts being bet on the New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington.
Turnover on Tuesday's 13-race card reached $7.5 million, a record high for any New Zealand race meeting based on figures held for the last 20 years said the TAB.
This was a jump of $900 thousand on the 2020 New Zealand Cup meeting ($6.6million) which also had a 13-race card.
The previous highest mark was $7.1 million, set at the 2007 NZ Trotting Cup meeting.
The return of crowds this year contributed to on-course turnover of about $800,000, well up on last year's total of $100,000 turnover from a limited crowd on course due to Covid restrictions.
Turnover on the main race which was won by Copy That for the second straight year was $1.9 million, up from $1.6 million in 2020 and $1.3 million in 2021.
-RNZ