Bob Hall, who split his Hall Green range when Towcester opened, has decided to join the training strength at Nottingham.

Hall will provide around 30 runners for the Colwick Park venue and has given Towcester and Hall Green a month’s notice.

Hall told the Star: “Racing at two tracks was stretching things too much so I decided to cut it down to one..

“I was in the process of deciding which way to go when I had a chance to join Nottingham.

“I have sold my current kennel range for building and am in the process of moving to a place, which is nearer to Nottingham than the other two so I decided to return to a track, which I was last attached to back in 1987.”