"Well, Finally": Horses You Thought Would Never Start/Come Back?

[Merlinsky]

I follow some horses that for whatever reason I put in my Horse Watch on DRF, and I left 'em on there because they were still in training--they went from being 'I can't wait to see what they're gonna do's to 'ok I'm curious what this horse is up to now because this is getting ridiculous, y'all.' Anybody else watching horses like that? Jess's Dream is probably the most common such entry these days. A new work or a maiden race entry is like a Bigfoot sighting with some of these.

There's a horse called Watchmaker that's a 5yo first crop son of Curlin out of Added Time that's finally starting at Presque Isle in a maiden special weight. Not sure if I noted him because someone mentioned him on At the Races when talking Curlin's first 2yos or because he got namedropped on Bloodhorse.com. He never went through auction so I suspect that's the only way I even know of his existence. He's a half to G1 winner Irish Smoke and the dam of G1 winner Book Review. I'm sure I saw that and thought it was worth keeping tabs. Anyway, I have no expectations. I'm just fascinated that something, anything, is happening.