Question: Which city on New Zeland's North Island is home to the horse race called the Easter Handicap?
Context: The Rhode Island Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Narragansett Park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island from 1934 to 1948.  The race was designed to be the closing day feature of the tracks very first meet.  The handicap event was given a $10,000 purse, the largest of the meet.  Older handicap horses were the racing stars of the day and the Rhode Island Handicap was to be the track's signature race. Maryland Million Turf Sprint Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in October since 2004 primarily at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland or at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.  To be eligible for the Maryland Million Turf Sprint Handicap, a horse must be sired by a stallion who stands in Maryland.  Due to that restriction the race is classified as a non-graded or "listed" stakes race and is not eligible for grading by the American Graded Stakes Committee. Auckland ( ) is a city in New Zealand's North Island.  Auckland is the largest urban area in the country, with an urban population of around 1,495,000 .  It is located in the Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, resulting in a total population of 1,614,300 .  A diverse and multicultural city, Auckland is home to the largest Polynesian population in the world.  The Māori language name for Auckland is "Tāmaki " or "Tāmaki-makau-rau ", meaning "Tāmaki with a hundred lovers", in reference to the desirability of its fertile land at the hub of waterways in all directions.  It has also been called "Ākarana", the Māori pronunciation of the English name. The Easter Cup is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred open handicap horse race, over a distance of 2000 metres, held at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia.  Total prize money for the race is A$150,000.  The race is traditionally held on Easter Saturday. The Easter Handicap is a major horse race held at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland, New Zealand.  It is raced over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) by three-year-old and upwards thoroughbreds. The Great Eastern Steeplechase is an Australian Thoroughbred steeplechase horse race held annually at Oakbank, South Australia on Easter Saturday and Monday at the Oakbank Racecourse as part of the Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival.  The first fixture of that name was held in 1877, following a race in 1876 which has been called the "Onkaparinga Handicap Steeplechase"; both just prior to formation of the Onkaparinga Racing Club (now Oakbank Racing Club). The New Rochelle Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race first run at a distance of seven furlongs on dirt in 1899 at Morris Park Racecourse in Westchester County, New York.  When that racetrack closed in 1904 the race was transferred to Belmont Park in Elmont, New York where it remained through 1910 until further restrictions were added to the Hart-Agnew Law by the New York Legislature that ended all racing in New York State.  Although racing returned in 1913, the New Rochelle Handicap was not run again until 1918 when the Empire Racing Association revived it at its Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, New York.  The 1923 race was transferred to Belmont Park.  In 1943, the race was moved to the Empire Racing Association's Jamaica Racetrack in Jamaica, New York which closed on August 2, 1959. The San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap is an American invitational handicap Thoroughbred horse race run annually on turf at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.  It is North America's longest graded stakes race.  Open to horses age four and older, the Grade III event currently offers a purse of $100,000.  Run during the second half of April as the traditional closing-day feature at Santa Anita Park, usually at about 1 ⁄ miles (about 2.74 km) it is the longest grass race in America.  Since 1965 it has been an invitational handicap. Maryland Million Sprint Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in October since 1986 primarily at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland or at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.  To be eligible for the Maryland Million Sprint Handicap, a horse must be sired by a stallion who stands in Maryland.  Due to that restriction the race is classified as a non-graded or "listed" stakes race and is not eligible for grading by the American Graded Stakes Committee. The McLennan Handicap was an American thoroughbred horse race run annually each February from 1934–1961 at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida.  First run in 1934 as the Joseph McLennan Memorial Handicap, the race was named In honor of the late Joseph "Sandy" McLennan, the former racing secretary at Hialeah Park and at Chicago's Arlington Park who died in December 1933.  In winning the first edition in 1934, Col. Edward R. Bradley's Blessed Event equaled the world record for a mile and an eighth on dirt.  In 1938 the race name was shortened to the McLennan Memorial Handicap and shortened again in 1948 to the McLennan Handicap.
Answer: Auckland