The Mexican pilot joins a peculiar tradition towards Indy 500
Indianapolis.— ‘Rihanna’ will be the amulet of good luck of Pato O’ward in the 500 miles from Indianapolis… And it is not about the singer of Barbados, but a cow.
The Mexican team of the team Arrow McLaren He does not want to leave any cabins, he does not want to let any details that could get between him and win Indy 500therefore, he listened to the council that his colleague gave him Thursday Robert Schwarztman And a cow was sought to milking.
On Thursday at the press conference of the pilots who will start in the first row, Schwartzman told him to Pato O’ward that he visited a stable, where they warned him that it was good luck to milked a cow.
The antecedent mentioned by the pilot of Prema was Alexander Rossiwho ordered a cow in 2016 and won that year Indy 500.
Pato’s response was immediate: “I’m going to buy a cow and I’m going to milked it tonight (…) I will get my own cow … (but) Are you always ready for only ‘plush’?”
The farmers of the Silverstone Farm, of Greenfield, Indiana, heard the press conference and offered to take the beef that has the same name as the interpreter of “Umbrella” to the Súperovalo of Indianapolis.
The appointment was at 7:45 in the morning in the parking lot of the Motor Motor Motor Speedway. There came the truck that brought to ‘Rihanna’, a beautiful three -year -old Holstein cow.
The owner of ‘Rihanna’, Allie Rieth explained to Pato the technique and told her not to fearing because the cow is accustomed to going to fairs and events.
“Each cow produces between 6 and 8 gallons per day and can be milked twice a day, seven days a week,” said Allie Rieth, who said also Josef Newgarden He visited dairy farms in the previous two years that the winner of the classic Indy 500 career
‘Rihanna’ received Pato with a mucido and the pilot of Arrow McLaren The udder was delicate and managed to extract the milk at the first attempt.
“I’m not going to leave anything, if I know something that can help my chances.
“I take it as an experience, ‘Rihanna’ is going to be my ‘Lucky Charm’,” he said Pato O’ward Once the milking process ended, with three nipmets that fell on the floor.
“The truth has been done thanks to them (Silverstone Farm.
“It would be nice that if I win on Sunday that the milk outside of Rihann’a. If I win on Sunday and we do a ritual I will have to return to visit ‘Rihanna’ every time I return.”
