Touching Hans (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

20-Aug-22
Sex
gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

Hanseatic

Prize Money

5700

Owners

MCS Racing (Mrs M A Smith), R J Atchison, Zesus Racing (B C Hicks), P A Dodgson, I Glaister, S Gorsuch, C Harrison, R Harvie, N Role, D Smart, G Smart, R Trait, G Smith, Decisive Racing (P Wheeler), P Williams, Mystery Downs (F W Cook), Mrs C M Cook, No Drama (A J Carter) & B Williams

About

Touching Hans, a 3yo bay gelding from Australia, is trained by Matthew Smith. He is by Hanseatic out of Touch of Mink. The horse has not yet broken his maiden, remaining winless after three starts. In his latest start at Gosford on 9 Jul 2026, he was ridden by Tyler Schiller and finished fourth behind the winner Noble Pride.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Gosford 09-Jul-26 1100m HEAVY 10 R2 CGE MDN-SW $2,300 (of $42,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:06.250, SP: 19.00 In-running: 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.390 1st Noble Pride ( J Ford 59 ) 2nd King Of The Top ( K Mcevoy 56.5 ) 2.45L 3rd World Wide ( M Bourke 59 ) 3.87L 4th Touching Hans ( T Schiller 59 ) 4.26L See full resultsT Schiller 59kg 4.26L4 (7)
Warwick Farm 24-Jun-26 1100m SOFT 5 R3 SUPER MDN-SW $2,250 (of $100,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:03.560, SP: 81.00 In-running: 800m 10th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.590 1st Zoufame ( K Mcevoy 59 ) 2nd Farfetched ( R Bayliss 57 ) 2.79L 3rd Appin Opal ( A Collett 57 ) 2.94L 10th Touching Hans ( J Ford 59 ) 7.61L See full resultsJ Ford 59kg 7.61L10 (12)
Kembla Grange 02-Jun-26 1000m HEAVY 8 R1 MDN-SW $1,150 (of $42,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:00.350, SP: 5.00 In-running: 800m 8th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.780 1st Kunis ( J V Overmeire 57 ) 2nd Our Lady Peace ( A Adkins 57 ) 1.00L 3rd Life Young Ever ( M Kirk 59 , Cd 55 ) 1.40L 6th Touching Hans ( A Morgan 59 ) 3.60L See full resultsA Morgan 59kg 3.60L6 (13)
Gosford 18-May-26 800m SOFT 6 R18 3Y+ MDN-BT, Winning Time: 00:50.530 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.330 1st Touching Hans ( A Morgan ) 2nd Gunna Reign ( L Small ) 0.28L 3rd Who I Think I Am ( L Day ) 1.09LA Morgan1 (6)
Warwick Farm 13-Apr-26 795m GOOD 4 R14 3Y+ MDN-BT, Winning Time: 00:47.540 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.960 1st Monocru ( J Collett ) 2nd Terra Lumina ( A Hyeronimus ) 0.30L 3rd Bella Piazza ( T J Schiller ) 0.55L 4th Touching Hans ( D Gibbons ) 2.76LD Gibbons 2.76L4 (7)