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Former truck driver Andrew Cameron believes veteran sprinter So You Dream still has plenty to offer and is hopeful of another win from the eight-year-old at Townsville on Thursday.

So You Dream – a Michael Murphy mount – lines up for his 55th career start in the Open Handicap over 1300 metres at Cluden Park.

A son of So You Think, So You Dream has won 11 times and has placed on another 13 occasions and is coming off a last start fourth to the Tim Cook-trained Brad in a 1300 metre Open event at Mackay on August 23.

"He did a good job to run fourth last start and he came back to the enclosure with a loose plate," Andrew Cameron said.

"He hasn't raced for more than three weeks and I've been taking him to the beach a lot.

"I'm sure he'll run a big race even though 1400 metres is more his go."

So You Dream has an affinity for the Townsville track, winning four times and being placed on another three occasions from 16 attempts.

"We've had So You Dream for four years and we've won eight races with him and I'm positive there's more wins to come," Cameron said.

Cameron originally hails from New Zealand but moved to the Gold Coast to drive trucks after closing his stables across the Tasman.

He fell in love with Bowen while doing a driving trip around Australia with his partner Lisa Ratcliffe ten years ago.

"We were doing a trip around Australia when we stopped at Bowen and we decided it was a nice place to settle so I decided to start training again from here," Cameron said.

Lisa Ratcliffe formerly worked with the recently retired Gold Coast trainer Bryan Guy and the pair bought some tried horses from the Group 1-winning trainer to launch Cameron's Queensland training career.

"I bought two horses off Bryan Guy to start off my career up here and we won with our very first starter from Bryan," Cameron said.

Cameron trains a small team of 12 horses at Bowen and has almost exclusive rights to the club's training facilities.

He has two other starters on the day including Tycoon Illusion, who will be out to win for the first time in the Maiden Handicap over 1200 metres.

"I got Tycoon Illusion off Gillian Heinrich after he was recommended to me by a mate who works for Gillian," Cameron said.

"He ran fifth at his only run for me and he's improved since we put blinkers on him."