Progress Pace winner Why Not Now topped the half-million dollar mark selling in an online auction on Thursday, Nov. 30.

Why Not Now p,3,1:48.2f-'23 ($706,880) sold for $502,000 to Greg Luther of Ohio via onGait.com.

A son of Always A Virgin-Star Of The Show racing for the partnership of Howard Taylor, trainer Dylan Davis and Jeffrey Billings, Why Not Now recently capped off a brilliant three-year-old campaign with a scorching 1:48.2 victory over Moment Is Here, El Rey and Cannibal in the $260,000 Progress Pace at Dover Downs -- his ninth win in 18 seasonal starts.

The Indiana Sire Stakes champion, who earned the bulk of his $706,880 bankroll this year, also won the Jennas Beach Boy and Hoosier Cup in addition to placing in the Pegasus and Monument Circle, all at Hoosier Park.

(With files from onGait.com)