Marcel Weiss - PANTIENCE REWARDED

It took one horse - compact in stature but big, big in character - to catapult Weiss into the top trainer ranks. His career had been steady up to that point, and he did display the one virtue essential to his training approach: patience.

Now firmly established as one of the go-to German handlers, his composed demeanour hides fierce competition and a deep passion. A lot meets the eye when it comes to Marcel Weiss - he was in fact nicknamed ‘the Englishman’ due to his flat cap and his smart riding attire - but that tells only half the story. England is well known for its north-south divide, and it is an open secret that Germany is still very much divided into east and west. Society may be a step ahead, but things take a bit longer in racing - a lot of things move very slowly in German racing - and certain tracks are still referred to as ‘east’.