Extreme-conditions form is always open to question regardless of the venue.
How many punters would actually back BDM to repeat the form anywhere else, though? Aintree, maybe, in equally deep ground?
And how many wouldn't back him to repeat it at Haydock in the same conditions?
Royale Pagaille impressed at both Kempton and Haydock, first on good ground then in heavy. I would be prepared to forgive him last week's run.
Whether he would beat the front three in the Gold Cup on his best form is another matter.