Francesca Cumani

Francesca Cumani is a horse racing presenter working for ITV Racing.

Career

After attending university Francesca worked in the family business of training and breeding race horses. After taking horses to Australia on a trip, she was offered an opportunity to be a guest presenter on Australia's Channel 7's horse racing broadcast. This led to a permanent job with CNN presenting Winning Post.[1]She presented it in both English and Spanish. [2] Francesca is also a presenter on Australia's Network 10 Melbourne Cup Coverage. [3]

Francesca began working for ITV Racing in 2016.[4] In February 2019 Ed Chamberlin and Francesca Cumani were joint winners of the Broadcast Sports Presenter of the Year at the SJA Awards.[5]

Education

Francesca graduated from Bristol University with a degree in French and Spanish.[6]

Personal life

Francesca was born in Newmarket, Suffolk, and is the daughter of trainer Luca Cumani. Francesca received her amateur jockey licence at the age of 18[7] and had four wins.[8]

In 2014 Francesca married Australian international polo player, Rob Archibald.[9] In April 2016 son Harry was born. In 2018 Francesca and Rob separated.[10]

References
  1. "The Fold Woman: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  2. "My life: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  3. "Seven's Francesca Cumani returning to 10 for Cup Week coverage". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. "Who is Francesca Cumani and the rest of the ITV Cheltenham presenters?". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  5. "A double act, some new names and a tragic accident shape broadcast awards". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  6. "The Fold Woman: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  7. "The Fold Woman: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  8. "My life: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  9. "My life: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  10. "Seven's Francesca Cumani splits with polo-playing Australian husband for ITV". Retrieved 3 June 2019.


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