it is time radical measures were used to improve matters.

​In today’s Racing Post, the main feature is an interview with David Menuisier, the Frenchman who has made England his home.
Although no anglophile, I like Menuisier. He has opinions and is not afraid to air them. I suppose it is good for him, not that he has reason to care one way or the other, that I tend to agree with him.
In the short-term, measures need to be put in place to ensure the long-term survival of the sport in both Great Britain and Ireland. Prize-money in both countries is rubbish, though in Ireland, due to not racing every day, the sport remains highly competitive, though perhaps not so much at the highest level. It is unhealthy, I believe, and distracting, to have races worth upwards of 1-million pounds for the major races while there are races at other meetings on the same day worth less than £3,000 to the winner. In stringent times we need to encourage people to buy thoroughbreds to race, to keep trainers afloat and to provide work for the dedicated staff the trainers employ.
I have an idea in my head, doubtless impractical, though similar to a proposal the B.H.A. were learning towards a while back, where all prize-money is pooled and doled out accordingly for every race run throughout the calendar year. Though this was the last year Qipco sponsor the King George & Queen Elisabeth Stakes, I will use their name as an example. If my idea were to succeed, the King George & Queen Elisabeth would still bear the Qipco name as sponsor, though the money they put up would go into a general pot along with all other sponsorship money, from local sponsorship at, say Brighton, Redcar or Market Rasen, with the B.H.A. then allocating prize-money for every race of the year. The Derby might still be worth what it was this year as there must be exceptions, as it would be for the Grand National and other blue plaque races. The number of meetings and races would be determined by how much money is in the pot, with every race subject to a minimum value to the winner of say £5,000, with a maximum value of listed and Group races of, say £100,000, with exceptions, though only the truly major races. The same would apply to jumps races. And the Qipco name would appear throughout the year on every racecourse. Bang for their buck, some might say.
As with all my ideas, this one isn’t fully thought out, though I hope the general impression is there for one far cleverer than I am to make a workable blueprint from it.
That said, David Menuisier made a valid suggestion that has common-sense written all over it. There should be a cap on how many horses any one trainer can have. This one radical proposal would, I am quite certain, increase competitiveness, especially at the top level, as there would be a larger pool of trainers wanting to be involved in the bigger races.
The great knock-on effect of a cap on the number of horses in any one stable is that the staff laid off by one trainer would soon find employment elsewhere in the industry as most of the trainers outside of the top twenty or so have trouble finding enough staff of the right outlook and dedication. 
To me, short-term at least, a cap would be a win-win for the sport, even if the top trainers would suffer a hit to their own earnings. It may be unfair to a degree to some but in levelling the playing field, the sport would be overall healthier, and in time, who knows, when the economy is stronger and the sport back on its feet, the caps could be increased.
David Menuisier is a man to be listened to and, as a trainer, to be followed as incrementally he is making his mark on British racing.