“There had been a lot of discussion about me going to Ontario for the winter with the Mickey and Ron Burke Stable but that won’t be happening now” Kakaley says. “I’ll definitely travel for them any time if they ask me to. At this point in time my options were to return to Northfield Park (Cleveland) or come here to help my mother, Linda, with our stable of seven horses. I decided to come here and stay warm and see how I can do catch driving too.”

On the Wednesday evening October 28 card at The Isle Pompano Park, Kakaley debuted in South Florida with an overwhelming vote of confidence. He had seven drives in all on the ten race card. It was less than four months ago that Kakaley became the youngest driver in history to reach 1,000 lifetime winning drives. His year has also been underscored by major stakes victories for the Burke outfit with Free For All pacer Foiled Again in the Battle Of Lake Erie and the Rick Kane Memorial. He was named the sport’s 2007 Rising Star.