3/7 (AQU): Gotham S. (Gr. III); Toboggan H. (Gr. III)

[Bobby Fischer]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

This all started because you said he 'should've won' yesterday, which makes less sense by the second.

Yea, I didn't do a great job of expressing my opinion in that post.

Imperial Council has the problems with his stride, and he isn't really bred to be any better at 10 furlongs than 8.5. Going into the Gotham he wasn't a Kentucky Derby consideration of mine. However he is well liked, and physically he is a nice athletic colt. If he were to run a great race in The Gotham, he would have earned some respect at least as a consideration to run 3rd or 4th. The Gotham was a weak looking field headed by Imperial Council, a gradeII synthetic shipper and two horses who were somewhat unknowns (Masala, Mr.Fantasy).
In a race like the 2009 Gotham, any horse who is supposed to have a shot at winning the Kentucky Derby "should've won". Reflecting and trying to be more fair and accurate, if I Want Revenge did run a big race, a competitive second would have been fine.
Imperial Council ran a non-threatening 2nd and passed a nobody for second at the wire after that horse dueled all race and quit.