Firstly, G Hall snr is a great trainer and this comment is not a personal attack.

Using the State Premiership numbers for the top 10 Metro trainers it appears he is so dominate with 40% of the 270 races with 108 winners and of the $4.8m offered in prizemoney, his stable has pocketed over $2m.

Can the rest of the trainers survive without a better share of the prizemoney, I think it is accepted that training fees alone will not support a stable.

In the longer term could we see a decrease in trainer numbers in the West that feel they can't compete against such a strong stable.

Adding 2nd & 3rd on the list (14.8% and 12.2%) that's 67% to 3 trainers and the rest must try and survive on 33% of the pool.