Doug O'Neill

[Arletta]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Can someone please explain what is so wrong with 'milkshaking'????????????

Are you freaking kidding me, baking soda, illegal??????

Sodium Bicarbonate has many useful effects in the body, and virtually no harmful ones. How can this stuff possibly be outlawed in horses?

Baking soda??????

But lasix is ok????

Talk about whack!

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/hor...bad-taste.aspx

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Arletta

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/hor...bad-taste.aspx

The entire article sounds like an endorsement for bicarbonate loading. The benefits are tremendous.

Except for, of course, the drug masking.

Lots of people, as in human beings, use sodium bicarbonate to increase overall wellbeing, exercise performance and more.

Too bad it gets used for masking drugs.

Luckily, lasix has no such benefit!

[tector]

Without the masking effect, I would not give a damn about shakes.

[slotdirt]

Given the ability of milkshakes to mask other, more nefarious substances, anybody who cares about racing should care about milkshakes. There's a reason why human athletes like Manny Ramirez take estrogen.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Given the ability of milkshakes to mask other, more nefarious substances, anybody who cares about racing should care about milkshakes. There's a reason why human athletes like Manny Ramirez take estrogen.

I just thought it was Manny being Manuela

[OldDog]

Our local newspaper runs perhaps a half a dozen feature stories a year about horse racing (always at Triple Crown time), and about the same amount of little news blurbs in a "quick hits" section. In other words, dismal coverage. But of course this morning's quick hits section included a piece about O'Neill's milkshaking accusations. Just great, only days after the Derby.

I'm going to call the sports desk this morning and suggest that they might consider running this story, too.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...wish-come-true

In O'Neill's post-Derby interview, as he was thanking individuals and groups, he made mention (paraphrasing) of a girl named Hope, who he had "just met a few days ago." Watching this, I imagined he had met this Hope in a Louisville bar or something, and was rolling my eyes and laughing at the idea of mentioning her on national TV after winning the Derby. Reading this piece this morning was a palm-meets-forehead moment, "Oh, so THAT's who Hope is!" Very nice story.

[Alabama Stakes]

I don't think it is very pleasant for the hoss. there should be a more negative term associated with the practice. It sounds like a treat they gave the hoss before the race. Man if i owned or ran a track and caught you cheating, I would duct tape you to the sixteenth pole, film the tune up, and play a loop in the track kitchen.....just so there was no confusion on how cheaters would be dealt with. Kind of like in what happened to cheaters in the old days in Vegas, though I bet it still happens.