Frankster didnt see any races yesterday but my answer would be the horse in question is from the Gath stable or Manning stable and they do tend to dominate at Stawell.If you fancy a horse off the 2nd row in my opinion it is a better draw than wide on the front as at least you can get a trail.
Personal experience tells me the hardest race to win is a class 1 as most horses in are on the job in those classes and young horses 3yos can have won 3 races and still be off the front row .hope this helps.
cheers