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Old 11-13-2007, 10:12 PM
Rudeboyelvis Rudeboyelvis is offline
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What do you think the milkshake was for, the horse was thirsty. The milkshake masks other drugs in the system, either performance enhancing drugs or drugs to relieve pain...either way your logic is flawed.
You must have missed that day at vet school.

It is used to neutralize the effects of lactic acid, either in recovery from a race or workout, or to prevent the same prior to a race - it's measured in the level of CO2 in solution in the blood - obviously not to hard to catch
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