By Bettina KellerMiro Weiss, the 26-time champion trainer in Switzerland, has announced his impending retirement at the age of 76. He and his family have made an incomparable impact on Swiss racing. Coming from the former Czechoslovakia, they settled in Urdorf, Zürich and began training in 1970. Since 1981, Weiss has been responsible for training up to 60 or 70 horses at time. His family's Beliar Bloodstock, originally consisting of Weiss's late father Adolf and late brother Richard, has subsequently been managed by the trainer with the support of his partner Ingrid Bult.Weiss has won every big race in Switzerland and amassed well over 1,000 winners. His two Derby winners, Majofils and Fabrino, as well as Oaks winner Blue Ellen, were ridden by British jockey Robert Havlin, who has been engaged on Swiss racetracks over many years. Many young riders found their way to Weiss's Beliar Stables and progressed to become champions in Switzerland.Also a group-winning trainer in Germany, Weiss was a successful and experienced White Turf trainer, making him popular with English colleagues, who would turn to him for advice when bringing horses to St Moritz to race on the frozen lake. In 2010, he won St Moritz's Sprint Grand Prix with Sweet Venture, ridden by Frankie Dettori.Twenty-eight horses remain in training at Beliar Stables in preparation for next year's White Turf meeting, after which the curtain will fall. The retirement of Miro Weiss brings to an end an era in Swiss racing which is not replaceable. We wish him a happy retirement. The post Swiss Champion Trainer Miro Weiss Set to Retire appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.