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Gold Coast trainer Adam Campton is upbeat about the prospects of talented sprinter Deepour ahead of his assignment in the Listed Falvelon at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Campton has only been training for two years and has built his stable numbers to 48 and currently leads the Gold Coast trainers' premiership.
At first glance, Deepour's form appears below his best after two starts this campaign but not according to Adam Campton.
Deepour, whose long-range plans include next year's Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap, finished eighth, beaten less than four lengths, when resuming in the Swiss Ace Plate over 1000 metres at the Sunshine Coast last month.
The son of Exosphere then finished midfield behind Tony Gollan's Zoustyle in the Group 3 George Moore Stakes at Doomben on December 2.
"I wasn't disappointed with either run," Campton said.
"He got smashed in the Swiss Ace coming to the turn and lost all momentum then he got held and went to the line hard held in the George Moore.
"On his work on Tuesday, I think he'll go very close on Saturday."
Deepour will back-up after his Falvelon assignment in The Buffering over 1350 metres at Doomben on Saturday week.
"He's backed up before when he ran third in the (Group 2) Missile Stakes in Sydney so there's no problem there," Campton said.
"He's ineligible for the Magic Millions because he came through another sale so he may go to Sydney for a run in a Benchmark race over 1400 metres before he comes back for a spell.
"His long-term goal is the Stradbroke but he needs to get his rating up."
Deepour was previously trained by Richard and Michael Freedman before joining Campton's stables and won five of his first seven starts in restricted grade for the rookie trainer.
Campton comes from rich racing stock with his father Neil winning a Golden Slipper as a jockey while he's a grandson of Melbourne Cup winner jockey, Les Coles.
Leading Sydney-based trainer Gerald Ryan is also an uncle of Campton's.
He originally wasn't a huge fan of racing despite his bloodlines before the training bug bit late in life.
"I never really thought about training growing up but now I couldn't think of doing anything else," Campton said.
