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David O'Meara bemoans prize-money as filly with 'huge future' is sold to Ireland

Twilight Spinner and Shane Gray  win at Haydock Park 21/5/21Photograph by Grossick Racing Photography 0771 046 1723
Twilight Spinner: created a huge impression when winning a Listed race at HaydockCredit: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)

David O'Meara has cited low prize-money in Britain as a major factor in losing rising star Twilight Spinner after the filly was purchased privately and sent to Joseph O'Brien in Ireland.

The three-year-old has made rapid progress this season, winning impressively on both her starts since making an eyecatching debut at Pontefract in April.

The manner of her six-and-a-half-length victory in last month's Listed Cecil Frail Stakes at Haydock earned her a 10-1 quote for the Commonwealth Cup – a race she needed to be supplemented for – with O'Meara predicting the filly had "a huge future".

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