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Whizz fiz, bicarbonate soda, alka-seltzer 5-Oct-2009 At 6:31:50 PM Jodestar
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it's illegal, but some trainers pump bi carb soda into the stomachs of race horses before races.
"A bicarb (TCO2) stomach drench is popular with many trainers as it has been found that bicarb helps buffer lactic acid. But as bicarb is naturally produced, it cannot be banned entirely. Instead, there is a threshold level of 36 millimoles a litre plasma total carbon dioxide. Any reading over that constitutes an offence. " (http://www.theage.com.au/news/Horse-Racing/The-drugs-challenge/2004/12/27/1103996492071.html)
not sure if it works though. have seen stables with tonnes of boxes of the stuff though. obviously some horse trainers are convinced.

this is pretty interesting ... side effects sound like they could suck though (talks about lactic acid in human athletes and towards the bottom a bit about sodium bicarbonate):
http://www.brianmac.co.uk/lactic.htm

http://www2b.abc.net.au/science/k2/stn/archives/archive91/newposts/1676/topic1676043.shtm

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