The Preakness inches back to normal, with 10,000 grateful revelers at Pimlico

Track officials, no doubt, celebrated the record handle of $112,504,509, which eclipsed the previous mark of $99,852,653 in 2019 and suggested that the controversy over Bob Baffert-trained Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit’s positive drug test didn’t dampen enthusiasm for wagering on the 10-race field.