Pipe may send over Shoe for National Trainer David Pipe is likely to give Shoegazer the chance to shine in the Guinness Kerry National at Listowel next Wednesday. Pipe feels the likeable eight-year-old is well treated for the three-mile showpiece, for which he would have to shoulder 10st 11lb. Shoegazer has won five times from 13 starts over fences and was last seen finishing third in the Lord Mildmay Memorial Handicap Chase at Newton Abbot in August. The Pond House handler said on his website, www.davidpipe.com: "We could well be sending a lorry over to Ireland next week as classy staying Shoegazer has an entry in the Kerry National. "He appears to have a nice racing weight on 10st 11lb and I'm sure there won't be any shortage of volunteers from staff willing to go across with him." The Colm Murphy-trained Quito De La Roque currently heads the weights ahead of Galway Plate hero Carlingford Lough. Other contenders include Willie Mullins' On His Own, the Edward O'Grady-trained Shot From The Hip and Noel Meade's Muirhead.
