During strenuous exercise, markers of oxidation increase and antioxidant capacity decreases. Antioxidants such as vitamin C may combat this oxidation stress. The benefits of vitamin C to greyhounds undertaking intense sprint exercise has not been investigated. The objective of this experiment was to determine whether a large dose (1 g or 57 mmol) of ascorbic acid influences performance and oxidative stress in greyhounds. Five adult female, trained racing greyhounds were assigned to receive each of three treatments for 4 wk per treatment: 1) no supplemental ascorbate; 2) 1 g oral ascorbate daily, administered after racing; 3) 1 g oral ascorbate daily, administered 1 h before racing. Dogs raced 500 m twice weekly. At the end of each treatment period, blood was collected before and 5 min, 60 min and 24 h after racing. Plasma ascorbate, alpha-tocopherol, thiobarbituric acid-reducing substances (TBARS) and Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) concentrations were measured and adjusted to compensate for hemoconcentration after racing. TBARS, TEAC and alpha-tocopherol concentrations were unaffected by supplemental vitamin C. Plasma ascorbic acid concentrations 60 min after racing were higher in dogs that received vitamin C before racing than in dogs that either received no vitamin C or received vitamin C after racing. The dogs ran, on average, 0.2 s slower when supplemented with 1 g of vitamin C, equivalent to a lead of 3 m at the finish of a 500-m race. Supplementation with vitamin C, therefore, appeared to slow racing greyhounds.

Does anyone have the full text of this? I can only locate the abstract.

Thank you.

Your completely right , vit C slow down racing dogs .

I did read that long time ago , you probably good to find it over internet !

Cheers ! Paul

But thanks again. Will keep looking.

Does that work well for you?

I don't know anybody that routinely uses Vit C as part of their pre-race schedule, these funded experiments are exactly that, experiments only.

You can use high dose C to help acidify the sysytem to help fight infections etc. but in all the years I have been in the sport I have never heard of anyone using as this scientific paper suggests.

The research departments at many universities and colleges are granted money to carry out research and this is probably one such case, its findings are totally irrelivant to the actual sport of greyhound racing.

If you think you can learn about the racing greyhound by reading these reports on experimental hypothetical research, think again.

Em Gee.

Maybe I want to read this study so I can refute it. Hard to refute without reading first. Maybe I'm God. Maybe I just feel like reading it for fun. Maybe people shouldn't make assumptions about why others require certain literature. Mmmmmm?

Em Gee.

Em Gee.

When you find out more, how about you let me know too?

Cheers.

I also research and look at theses type of papers, but when you post on here some people take what is said as gospel, perhaps you should lead into the subjects in a different way by simply saying " interesting article on Vit C, what are peoples views on this?" rather than "Vitamin C appears to slow racing greyhounds."

Invite people to respond with their opinions, its far more constructive.

Em Gee.

Fair point, but that IS the title of the article. I just copied and pasted it.