Kentucky Derby for a rookie

Nobody has ever been.

I’ve been to around 20. You have to decide what your priorities are ahead of time because you can’t do and see everything in one day. The atmosphere with 150,000 people is a cool experience. If you want to bet, the best plan is to handicap the night before, decide what you want to bet, then place all of those bets as soon as you get there. That eliminates the biggest complaint bettors have of standing in line at the windows. Assuming you’ve done that, take a walk through the paddock, a brief trip through the infield, and pace yourself, it’s a long day.

If you're in the infield, you might not even see a horse except on the big screen.