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"Steve Coburn, co-owner of the racehorse California Chrome, apologized on Monday for his angry rant after losing the Belmont Stakes.\nCoburn, a factory worker whose rags-to-riches narrative was a part of the racehorse's own compelling story, said he was \"very ashamed\" of his post-race rant, which was delivered on national television after California Chrome fell short of the Triple Crown (watch below).\nSee also: 12 Funniest 'Animals Being Dicks' [GIFS]\nYour browser does not support iframes.\n\u201CI need to apologize to the world and America,\u201D Coburn said on Good Morning America. \u201CI wanted it so much for this horse to win the Triple Crown for the people of America and I was very emotional, very emotional.\u201D\nCoburn also apologized for saying the Belmont winner, Tonalist, took \"the coward\u2019s way out\" because his owners chose not to race him in the two prior races that make up the Triple Crown \u2014 the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness.\n\n\u201CI need to apologize to the winners. They ran a beautiful race \u2026I did not mean to take anything away from them,\" he said. \"[Tonalist] won the race fair and square.\"\nHis wife, Carolyn Coburn, also spoke up, \u201CI\u2019m proud of you for coming up here and doing this and it was something that we needed to have done,\" she said to her husband. \"I hope people can see him the way he is because that isn\u2019t the way he normally is. He\u2019s a very compassionate man.\u201D\n\u201CIt\u2019s a learning process for us and I\u2019m going to do better,\u201D Coburn added. \u201CI promise you I\u2019ll do better.\u201D\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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