First Season Winners – Doubtland, Cool Aza Beel

Tara Madgwick - Monday October 21

With so much stakes racing going on over the weekend it was easy to miss first winners for a couple of first season sires with Widden Stud’s Doubtland and Newhaven Park’s Cool Aza Beel both producing debut winners.

Leave No Doubt is the first winner for Doubtland - image Racing Photos.

Doubtland broke the ice at Bendigo where the Tony and Calvin McEvoy trained colt Leave No Doubt got the cash, read about him here.

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Cool Aza Rene is the first winner for Cool Aza Beel - image Race Images

Cool Aza Beel got the job done in New Zealand where the Te Akau runner Cool Aza Rene scored at Otaki, read about her here.

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