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banned sodium bicarbonate 'milkshakes' don't make racehorses faster

  • Written by Joshua Denham, Lecturer in Exercise Science, RMIT University
banned sodium bicarbonate 'milkshakes' don't make racehorses fasterkgbo/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

The controversial and banned practice of giving horses baking soda “milkshakes” before a race doesn’t work, according to our analysis of the available research.

Racing folklore says sodium bicarbonate milkshakes can boost racehorses’ endurance because the alkalinity of the baking soda helps...

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