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.She presented it in both English and Spanish. Francesca is also a presenter on Australia's Network 10 Melbourne Cup Coverage.
Francesca began working for ITV Racing in 2016. In February 2019 Ed Chamberlin and Francesca Cumani were joint winners of the Broadcast Sports Presenter of the Year at the SJA Awards.

Education

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

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 and had four wins.
In 2014 Francesca married Australian international polo player, Rob Archibald. In April 2016 son Harry was born. In 2018 Francesca and Rob separated.