Even an interrupted schedule, which means he will have to fly to Sydney and then travel by road to Melbourne, wasn't enough to dampen the enthusiasm of Green or majority owner John Street.
Besotted spent a year off with injury before returning to racing six weeks ago, with each of his three recent wins being more emphatic than the last.
However, Friday night's latest performance was one any open class pacer would be proud of as he sat parked over 2700m and paced his last 800m in 55 seconds, the final 400 in 26.5, times rarely bettered at Alexandra Park.
That moved champion rival driver Tony Herlihy, who was left in his wake behind River Polka, to suggest Besotted will handle himself in any company.
Green was thrilled but not surprised.
"We have always known he was a good horse but that was some win," he said. "So I had a good talk to John and we decided with the final being worth A$100,000 it was worth going."
The Breeders Crown semifinals for 2 and 3-year-olds are at Ballarat this Saturday, but Besotted needs only to contest a 4-year-old heat at Melton on Sunday to be all but guaranteed his spot in the final on August 18.
The Australian harness racing season doesn't end until August 31, so Besotted reverts to being a 4-year-old for a few weeks once he lands in Australia.
While the 4-year-old ranks contain plenty of superstars, like Christen Me and Smolda, few of them are in the Breeders Crown.
The early favourite is former Woodlands Derby winner Ideal Scott, who has returned to his best form since joining the Belinda McCarthy stable in Sydney a month ago.
Green knows plenty about Ideal Scott and says the fellow son of American Ideal is good but not scary.
"Ideal Scott will be a hard horse to beat under the right circumstances but we have a fit, in-form horse, who should handle the travel and A$100,000 races away from the absolute best horses don't come up every day. So, while it is a last-minute decision, we are going."
Besotted will join a high-powered Kiwi assault on the Breeders Crown.
Group one winners Maxim and Sky Major will contest semis at Ballarat, as well as Te Amo Bromac in the fillies' juvenile series, while Bit Of A Legend and Border Control dominate the 3-year-olds division after Aussie's best Majestic Mach pulled out.
Last season's 3-year-old winner Cheer The Lady, who won well at Melton on Friday night, joins Carpenters Daughter in the 4-year-old mares' heats on Sunday, while One Over Da Moon and Daenerys Targaryen head straight to the juvenile trot final on August 18.
