Re: RC: [Fwd: RC: Re: Bloodwork]

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/11/00 5:41:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
wsabg@t-online.de writes:

<< I can second that. Some years ago at our National Championship they run 
tests on all
 horses to control the lactate buildup. There were no significant rises, 
except one
 horse at one VG, which had normal numbers in the next. Had to search the 
article
 about that, will take some time. >>

Sub-nine 100's are not a new thing (I even rode one myself back in the 70's 
when I was younger and tougher, and I was only 6th!)--and the folks that 
looked at lactate back then didn't find it either.  (Since that was a problem 
in short-distance horses, and since most of the early ride vets were race 
trackers, that was one of the FIRST places they looked--empirically had us 
putting bicarb in, and then came to a screeching halt and a 180 when they 
started doing bloodwork post-rides...)  No reason to think the basic beast 
has changed...

Heidi