California Chrome's owner just blew any goodwill.

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So Steve Coburn's rant following the Belmont Stakes was very interesting to me. Not because he is right, because he is not right... he's not even close to being right and his entire premise goes against the history and elusiveness of Horse Racing's greatest honor... to win the Triple Crown. What was interesting is that many very casual followers of the sport (non-bettors and people who only watch the Derby or a Belmont if the Triple Crown is on the line) actually agreed with Steve Coburn's opinion. It is telling how people can hear a soundbite and run with it as fact, even though the opinion was not based in any history or education of the sport, it was purely a baseless opinion from someone who was being a bit of a sore loser and has had a TON of luck in the racing business. I assume this happens throughout humanity on many different levels and topics (especially politics), people run with or support an uneducated idea because the soundbite captured their attention.