I like the liniment for particularly strong aches and pains too. I stop short of using dewormer though!
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I wonder if the Enhanced Games will feature dressage.
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I kind of assume this person is a discordian who got all excited watching idiots take horse dewormer during the pandemic and wants to relive that thrill.
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I mean, making your own electrolyte drink really isn’t very hard if that’s your thing. You don’t really need much more than salt. I run a lot in the blazing heat/sun and mix up my own to keep from keeling over - it’s basically salt, flavour and marketing. Very little cobalt is necessary.
I just buy some reduced sodium salt, so that it’s a mix of potassium and sodium chloride, and add a measured amount to water with a splash of lemonade. If you want trace vitamins and minerals, I guess get a multivitamin. If I’m feeling extra fancy (or it’s extra blazing hot), I’ll add a bit of baking soda too.
If anyone’s interested, here’s a good starting point for concentrations:
https://fellrnr.com/wiki/DIY_Electrolyte_Drink
(I only really started making my own when the tablets I was using were recalled for contamination with ethylene oxide: great)
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But who has that kind of time if you’ve got other important priorities to attend to?
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And less of the mane-ia, too please.
It be-hooves us all to ignore this nonsense.
I doubt he feels guilty about not having done it. But it may be a gilt-edged request, nonetheless.
(Sorry, not sorry.) 
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If you’re taking health advice about a human taking horse medicine from someone whose X handle is “pigshitsonballs”, I’m pretty sure you’re a few battery staples away from a correct horse. [That was posted in August 2011, but how many of you guessed/remembered immediately what the target of that link was?]
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Pass.
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The labels I found at Finish Line (the manufacturer) and Tractor Supply don’t mention cobalt at all. I did find another store that had cobalt listed, so maybe the formula changed or is different in different markets.
I did some really rough napkin math based on google searches, guesses and a 500kg horse. If I came out anywhere close to correct, 1/8 oz of horse powder in a gallon of water would be less salty than Gatorade and the iron and potassium doses look like any mineral-enhanced product for humans(10-20% RDA). According to wikipedia, the LD50 for cobalt for a human is around 15g and my bad math says that 1/8 oz of this stuff contains 1.5 micrograms of cobalt. Some other website I saw said people get 5-8 micrograms/day as part of a normal diet. I didn’t look into the carcinogenic effects. I wouldn’t drink it.
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Not to mention that the carbohydrates in the form of sugar are readily consumed by the body in periods of high exertion. On your morning commute to your desk job? Not so much.
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If it’s not Mitchell’s, get back in the truck.
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It’s like when Cartman started hitting the protien powder with the idea that it would give him the physique of a bodybuilder.
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#notallhorses
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If Angua the Werewolf used dog shampoo does that mean you are a centaur, or, or, or, maybe, even a unicorn?
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I thought that @Surprise_Puma was a puma? I am surprised!
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For a while now runners having been using Pedialyte, which was originally formulated for sick infants. I guess it’s better than Gatorade because of lower sugar and more electrolytes, but damn, Gatorade just tastes orgasmic when you’ve been sweating for 5 miles in mid-August.
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Fair question. The pumacorn is a rare creature indeed!
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They are what horses crave. 
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