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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1573, 17 June 1920, Page 31

In view of the postponement by a week of the Prince of Wales’ visit to Sydney, the Australian Jockey Club have altered the dates of their winter meeting at Randwick from June 10 and 12 to June 17. and 19. In the First Hurdle Race (two miles) Lochella was handicapped at 10.12, whilst it is interesting to note that in the same event the ex-Aucklander British Arch was awarded 11.2. In the First Steeplechase (2% miles) Lochella was weighted at 11.5, the topweight, Zarabine, receiving 12.8. It was not intended in any case that Lochella would race at the Royal meeting at Randwick, owing to its close proximity to the Great Northern meeting at Ellerslie, the intention of Mr. Acton Adams being that the son of Grafton Loch was to take his place in the fields for the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdle Race and Steeplechase, which course, however, has been rendered impracticable owing to the present embargo on the transport of horses by steamer pending the settlement of the jockeys’ dispute.