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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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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…

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WISH-TV broke the news in Indianapolis, United States on Thursday, May 22, 2025.
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