Holy Cow! Pato O'Ward Finally Milks a Cow Before Indy 500, Hoping to Break His Streak of Heartbreak
- Pato O’Ward milked a cow for the first time on Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway before the 2025 Indianapolis 500 race.
- He learned this week that milking a cow is a rookie tradition linked to drinking milk in victory lane and had missed it in past events due to COVID-19 restrictions.
- The Indiana Dairy Association and Arrow McLaren team arranged for a cow named Rihanna from Silverstone Farms in Greenfield, Indiana, to be trucked to the track early Friday morning.
- O’Ward shared that participating in the morning milking was an exciting and unique experience, and he enthusiastically said he planned to find a cow to milk again that evening.
- This milestone might mark a positive turn as O’Ward chases his first Indy 500 victory after twice finishing second and feeling the track has repeatedly broken his heart.
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Pato O'Ward Milks Cow in the Hopes of Winning His First Indy 500
Justin Casterline SPEEDWAY, Ind.–Indycar driver Pato O’Ward was told this week that you have a better chance of winning the Indy 500 if you have milked a cow. That’s precisely what O’Ward did on Friday. During Indy 500 media day on Thursday, the pole sitter Robert Shwartzman said no one has ever won the race who didn’t milk a cow. O’Ward made it a mission of his to milk a cow after hearing that. O’Ward finished 2nd in the Indy 500 in both 2022 a…
Pato O’Ward finally milks a cow, hoping to break his streak of Indianapolis 500 heartbreaks
INDIANAPOLIS — Pato O’Ward learned this week that it behooves Indianapolis 500 drivers to take part in the rookie tradition of milking a cow if they ever want to drink the stuff in victory lane upon winning “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” Problem is that O’Ward never got that opportunity — until Friday. One day after lamenting that his Indy 500 debut occurred amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indiana Dairy Association and his Arrow McLaren tea…

Holy cow! Pato O'Ward finally milks a cow before Indy 500, hoping to break his streak of heartbreak
Pato O'Ward hopes spending the morning milking a cow will help him finally clear out the negative karma keeping him from winning the Indianapolis 500. It's a tradition at “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” that the rookies milk a cow…
Pato O’Ward Milks Cow In Hopes Of Changing Indy 500 Fortunes
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