Francesca Cumani

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

Education

Cumani was educated at Tudor Hall School,[1] a boarding and day independent school for girls, between the village of Bloxham and the market town of Banbury, in Oxfordshire. She left the school in 2001.[1]

Following school, Cumani attended the University of Bristol, from which she graduated with a degree in French and Spanish.[2]

Career

After attending university Cumani 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.[3]She presented it in both English and Spanish. [4] Cumani is also a presenter on Australia's Network 10 Melbourne Cup Coverage. [5]

Cumani began working for ITV Racing in 2016.[6] In February 2019 Ed Chamberlin and Cumani were joint winners of the Broadcast Sports Presenter of the Year at the SJA Awards.[7]

Personal life

Cumani was born in Newmarket, Suffolk, and is the daughter of trainer Luca Cumani. Francesca received her amateur jockey licence at the age of 18[8] and had four wins.[9]

In 2014 Cumani married Australian international polo player, Rob Archibald.[10] In April 2016 their son was born. In 2018 Cumani and Archibald separated.[11]

References
  1. "Tudor Hall School". Schools Show. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. "The Fold Woman: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  3. "The Fold Woman: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  4. "My life: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  5. "Seven's Francesca Cumani returning to 10 for Cup Week coverage". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  6. "Who is Francesca Cumani and the rest of the ITV Cheltenham presenters?". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  7. "A double act, some new names and a tragic accident shape broadcast awards". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  8. "The Fold Woman: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  9. "My life: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  10. "My life: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  11. "Seven's Francesca Cumani splits with polo-playing Australian husband for ITV". Retrieved 3 June 2019.


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