Could Boztheman be Boz the Hambo starter?

The entry box for this year’s Hambletonian closes Tuesday morning, July 27, but the number of possible starters grew unexpectedly by one Thursday night when the Trond Smedshammer-trained Boztheman scored an impressive 1:53.4 win in an overnight at the Meadowlands.

Smedshammer told harnessracing.com Friday morning that “it’s possible” Boztheman will be entered in the Hambletonian as a result of the strong wire-to-wire effort Thursday with Brian Sears driving. The career-best win was his second in seven starts this year after making just four qualifying starts in 2009 as a 2 year old.

A son of Credit Winner, Boztheman was a $150,000 yearling purchase from breeder Adalaide Skoglund by Bob and David Anderson, the father-and-son ownership duo who gave their filly Pampered Princess a shot against the colts in the 2007 Hambletonian, where she won her elimination and then was 7p6 in the final as the second favorite behind the winning Donato Hanover.

Boztheman is out of the Sierra Kosmos mare Kosmo Girl, who finished second in the 1998 Hambletonian Oaks and earned more than $360,000 on the racetrack. Boztheman is a half brother to the Smedshammer-trained Center Field, who won the 2003 New Jersey Sire Stakes final and was ninth in his Hambletonian elim and failed to advance to the final.

Also on Smedshammer’s “possible” Hambletonian list are the 2009 Breeders Crown champion Pilgrims Taj, who was moved into his barn earlier this week after two sub-par efforts, and Break The Bank K, who earlier this year won a New Jersey Sire Stakes leg and then finished third in the $200,000 final.

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