Precisely for all the reasons you set out for the NFL games applies to horse racing-meaning every race brings something different to the track. The Derby is unique as evident by the fact the "Winner's Circle" is occupied only once in the year. All the hats worn by women, the mint juleps, the "My Old Kentucky Home", the "Riders Up", the mud this year, whether a filly will win-to me that all adds up to the excitement. Sure, a thousand races each year but for an old guy like me, and millions of others, it is still the most exciting event in all of sports-and it only last for two minutes.
