Coulthard is far from a `steering job' in today's Tote Cambridgeshire at Newmarket - but the five-year-old looks massive value in a wide-open contest and merits support to give trainer Pam Sly the biggest success of her training career.

Bought privately in Ireland with a National Hunt career in mind, a tilt at this £90,000 prize could not have been considered as he landed a handicap hurdle at Ascot in April, two weeks after his arrival in Britain. Yet, connections must have realised that they a had acquired a decent racehorse when Coulthard hammered a fair field of maidens from the top stables at Windsor in mid-June. Relishing the soft ground, he had three and a half lengths to spare over his rivals at the line.

He was then a shade disappointing on a faster surface at Doncaster in a valuable handicap, but the race was run at a crawl early on which would not have suited the selection.

Coulthard meets Almond Rock on 4lb better terms for under a length and with a suitably fast gallop ensured today, it does not take Albert Einstein to ascertain that he is value at four times the price of that rival to gain revenge.

No sensible punter should risk their millions in a race such as this which is loaded with imponderables. But few backers can resist the appeal of a speculative long shot - and with a shilling each-way on his back, Coulthard could just make you seriously happy.

Kissogram looks the ideal type for the Group Two Sun Chariot Stakes over 10 furlongs.