Chrome Prince,

No mate, no offence taken, I believe that like wide barriers, the so called 2nd up from a spell syndrome is just a myth. If one of our holders of data bases could run through some reults, no filters, of the LOT/POT of horses 1st up, 2nd up, 3rd up etc I would be very surprised if 2nd up runners fared any worse (on averge) than any of the others. In fact I would expect them all to show a loss, that is the nature of gambling into a market greater than 100%.