ETHELWULF's ability to cope with these ground conditions has to be taken on trust but there was enough in his recent handicap debut second to think he can win from this mark. Fellow 3-y-o Vulcan Way might provide the main threat, although Flash Bardot revels in the mud and it would be no surprise to see her bounce back to form with a bang now dropping into a Class 5 for the first time in over 2 years.