A state judge overturned a Louisiana State...

A state judge overturned a Louisiana State Racing Commission decision denying the second-place $200,000 purse apparently won by owner-trainer Jerry Cart’s Big Earl in the Super Derby won by Sunday Silence last September.

Civil District Judge Louis A. Dirosa ruled in New Orleans that the commission acted improperly last January in upholding a ruling by Louisiana Downs stewards that denied Cart the purse at the Bossier City track. Cart also was fined $200.

The stewards made their ruling after a postrace blood sample from Big Earl tested positive for more phenylbutazone than state racing rules allow. The anti-inflammatory drug is known by the trade name Butazolidan.