Guess I saw it differently than most. I thought that I Want Revenge ran a bangup race given the setup: how often do horses contend OUTSIDE and draw off on the inner dirt? But I won't get too excited, as he probably didn't really beat much.
As for Imperial Council: not only did he get a perfect inside-out trip but he was sufficiently behind any of the action (slow pace or otherwise) and only ran AFTER all the others had. He basically ran evenly throughout (something I don't see too often). I can see him beating the winner, should they meet again, if there's enough of a duel to run that one to submission. In other words, he kind of needs a collapsing race. Of course, there are probably better horses than the winner and probably better closers than IC.
The chart for the race is attached (should anyone be interested).
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