Country House trainer Bill Mott should be celebrating the biggest victory of his life with Saturday’s Kentucky Derby — but instead finds himself on an unexpected apology tour.

“I feel terrible that I have to apologize for winning,” Mott, 65, told The Washington Post on Sunday of his 65-to-1 long shot’s controversial win following Maximum Security’s disqualification.

The first disqualification from a race infraction in the race’s 145-year history sparked outrage over the stewards’ ruling that Maximum Security impeded other horses in easily crossing the line first.

Even President Trump tweeted to blame “political correctness,” misspelling Kentucky as he wrote, “The Kentuky Derby decision was not a good one.”

“I hate to sit there and apologize and, you know, saying something as foolish as, ‘I’m sorry I won,’ because I don’t want to give [the owners] the impression that I’m unhappy with winning,” Mott told The Washington Post.

“Because I’m not. I’m thrilled. I’m thrilled with the horse. I’m thrilled with everybody that’s worked with the horse, and I think they deserve the win. It’s just such an unusual way to have to go to the winner’s circle and, you know, win a Kentucky Derby.”

It was Mott’s first Kentucky Derby win in 10 tries over 35 years. He recalled seeing Maximum Security’s trainer Jason Servis, 62, replying when he offered congratulations, “Look man, sorry it happened this way.”

“I don’t think anybody wants to win that way,” Mott told The Washington Post.

“You’d rather have it a clear-cut victory with no objections, no foul, and not have to answer the questions that, you know, we’re talking about now.

“You never want to have to make excuses. We’re justifying what happened.”