So how do you know?
Keeneland in Lexington is the place to go to get a sense of what it's all about. I used to go wherever horses runs, but now it has to be beautiful. Keeneland is beautiful. (Churchill, not so much.) Saratoga, in Upstate NY, is beautiful. I'll be making my first visit (a bucket list thing) to Kentucky Downs in Franklin in September.
ML/NJ
I take that back. We saw horse races at Longacres and Emerald downs in the Seattle area (company events) and I saw one at Churchill Downs here in Louisville (also a company event). I talked with my friends and enjoyed the free beer. The horse racing itself was a non-event (at least for me).
I do enjoy golf, for the reason you enjoy horse racing. It is beautiful - the course, I mean.
Horse racing is just not my thing. I’m not big on riding them either.