I went to the Kentucky Derby a couple of times when I was younger. My dad was a horse racing fan. While it was fun, Derby Day is crowded, overpriced, and like any other world famous sporting event it's overblown to the point where it's not fun. You've got to park a long way away then fight your way through way too many people to pay way too much to get into a place where you're so pack into that you can't really see the race. You get to wait way too long in line to buy overpriced food and drinks and when it's over you get to do all the fighting in reverse to get out of there.
If you're one of the hoity toity than can afford the limo service to the door, private boxes, and waiters to bring your drinks then it might be fun. If you're mingling with the masses like me then it's kind of miserable.
