Barney's Blog
- 27-Jul-2026: Latest News from Denton Hall Stables the home of Michael Dods Racing
- 27-Jul-2026: King of Fury wins at Southwell for the second time this month
- 27-Jul-2026: Imperial Guard makes it an Ayr hat-trick under Connor Beasley
- 20-Jul-2026: Hale End strikes under Sean Kirrane to make it an Ayr double
- 20-Jul-2026: Imperial Guard makes it back-to-back wins at Ayr
- 17-Jul-2026: Arapaho Gold wins listed race at Newbury
- 13-Jul-2026: Imperial Guard strikes at Ayr under Connor Beasley
- 10-Jul-2026: Northern Express wins at York to land our 25th winner of the season
- 05-Jul-2026: King of Fury reigns at Southwell under Jason Hart
- 01-Jul-2026: Arapaho Gold makes it two out of two with an easy win at Thirsk
Making headlines as a radio star
WELL, I might have been ignored by the telly last Friday but I’m delighted to have made the radio this morning.
I was part of the BBC Radio Tees breakfast show where they have a regular feature called ‘The Headline Challenge’.
It’s a kind of game where the listeners compete to come up with the best headline for a chosen story.
The story this morning was about me – the great Barney McGrew – being given my own blog, and the winning headline was ‘Trot off the press’.
Not bad, I suppose, but I’d have gone with ‘Hoof I got news for you’. That would have been much better, and I love that programme – you can’t beat a good laugh.
Of course, I’d rather have been on the telly, so everyone can see how handsome I am, but radio’s the next best thing and who knows where these things might lead? I’ll have a ‘colt following’ before you know it!
If you want to hear the radio broadcast, go to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08dpbd5 and move it along to around 2 hours 55 minutes.
Oh, and if anyone wants a signed picture, let me know.
Stay safe everyone. Lots of love.
