Hurry Up And Wait April 21, 2020 “We’ve gone through a lot of different things, but nothing like this where everywhere’s shut down. We’ve had tracks shut down. We raced through a strike. Never anything like this.”
Racing Reflections With Matt Kakaley April 14, 2020 “When I was a kid, Tom (trainer Tom Audley) would have me go in the bike and I would be out there for a half hour or 40 minutes just going trips. I thought that was the greatest thing ever, to go spee...
Sunday Night With Top Drivers April 05, 2020 Sunday evening (April 5), saw another COSA TV episode featuring host Greg Blanchard and three of this generation's most accomplished and respected catch drivers - Yannick Gingras, Matt Kakaley and Tim...
Burke, Kakaley Take Pocono Features September 10, 2019 Harness racing’s top trainer/owner combination, trainer Ron Burke and the partnership of Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC, teamed with driver Matt Kakaley to sweep the featured races at...
Kakaley, Burke Bond For Weiss Opener April 02, 2019 Driver Matt Kakaley and trainer Ron Burke combined to take two of the four $15,000 opening preliminaries in the Bobby Weiss Series for trotting distaffs during the Tuesday, April 2 card at The Downs a...
Gingras, Takter Double In Matron November 08, 2018 The four Matron Stakes finals for two-year-olds held Thursday (November 8) were bookended by victories featuring one of harness racing's most lethal combinations: trainer Jimmy Takter and driver Yanni...
Rollercoaster Year For Kakaley October 30, 2018 “The winner’s circle was a little overwhelming for me, just full of emotion. Coming back, I was just thinking, ‘Man, seven months ago I was on the sidelines not even sure if I was going to be able to ...
Burke, Kakaley Return For Pocono Wins October 29, 2018 Trainer Ron Burke and driver Matt Kakaley, who had a terrific Breeders Crown Championship night at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Saturday, were right back at the mountain oval on Sunday, Oct. 28 ...
Dominant Performance For Dorsoduro Hanover October 27, 2018 They weren’t going to beat Dorsoduro Hanover tonight in the $530,000 Breeders Crown Three-Year-Old Colt Pace, not if they went around the Pocono Downs oval again.
Percy Bluechip Plays Giant Killer October 27, 2018 Percy Bluechip parlayed a ground-saving trip into a 50-1 upset in the $500,000 Breeders Crown Three-Year-Old Filly Pace for driver Matt Kakaley, who owes drivers Yannick Gingras and Scott Zeron a dinn...
Pocono Grand Slam For Kakaley September 11, 2018 Driver Matt Kakaley won four races on the Tuesday, Sept. 11 card at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, including two of the three $15,000 featured events, one on the trot and two on the pace – with both...
Adios To Dorsoduro Hanover July 28, 2018 There aren't too many races that have eluded trainer Ron Burke over his past decade of harness racing dominance. Even harder to believe that one of those elusive races was the Delvin Miller Adios, con...