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Francesca Cumani is a British-Italian horse racing expert, presenter, and commentator based jointly in the United Kingdom and in Australia. She is the daughter of a legendary Italian horse breeder, Luca Cumani. Her father, Luca Cumani, is a prominent Italian horse trainer, based in England since 1976.
She recently won Broadcast Sports Presenter of the Year and one report suggested that she was earning £16,789 an hour after she switched allegiance from Channel Seven to Channel Ten when Ten took over coverage of the Melbourne Cup in 2018. ‘That’s complete rubbish,’ she scoffs – although she refuses to confirm her actual pay.
Francesca Cumani Age | How old is Francesca Cumani?
Francesca Cumani is a 36-year-old horse racing expert, presenter, and commentator born in January 1983 in the United Kingdom. Miss Cumani was raised in a racing family and has shown a love for the sport since an early age.
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Francesca Cumani is married to the famous Australian Polo player, Mark Archibald in 2014. She is the daughter of a legendary Italian horse breeder, Luca Cumani. The family purchased a luxurious 291 square meter 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms penthouse worth $2.4 million in Sydney, soon after the birth of their son.
Francesca currently splits her time between Australia and the UK and lives with her husband Rob Archibald who is a professional polo player. Rob is often regarded as one of Australia’s most accomplished players.
Francesca Cumani Family | Francesca Cumani Personal life
Francesca Cumani was born in 1983 to parents Luca and Sara Doon Cumani, in Newmarket, Suffolk, UK. Cumani has one sibling, Matt, who is also into horse racing. Although she was raised mostly in the UK, she spent a lot of her childhood traveling with her Dad Luca’s work as a thoroughbred breeder.
It was this busy, very multicultural and equine-based upbringing that provided her with a love of both horses and languages. Francesca Cumani’s father Luca Cumani is an Italian thoroughbred horse trainer and breeder.
He trained at Bedford House Stables in Newmarket from 1976-2019. He has trained a multitude of high-profile horses, including seven Classic race winners, two Epsom Derby winners in Kahyasi (1988) and High-Rise (1998), as well as Breeders’ Cup Mile winner in Barathea (1994).
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Cumani family lived at Bedford House Stables, a historic Grade II listed red-brick house and training yard famous as the former home of two Derby and multiple international winners – the place, too, where one of the most successful jockeys of all time, Frankie Dettori, honed his skills and Francesca spent an idyllic childhood. (The property was sold earlier this year to trainer Charlie Fellowes for a reported £5 million.)
Francesca Cumani Education
Francesca Cumani attended school in Surrey, UK. Francesca went on to study a degree in modern languages at Bristol University. She is now fluent in four languages because of her degree and study later in life.
Francesca Cumani Career
Francesca Cumani’s expertise landed her high-profile media roles in Australia with CNN as host of Winning Post, as a panelist on Channel Seven’s Melbourne Cup coverage, and as an ambassador of the Gold Coast’s Magic Millions.
She started riding horses at the age of 12, before gaining her amateur license. In 2016, Francesca was snapped up by ITV and alongside co-host, Sky Sports alumni Ed Chamberlain hosted the channel’s coverage of the 2016 season.
She also loves to ride as frequently as possible and often describes it as relaxing & extremely calming. The adrenalin rush gives her a real sense of freedom & she believes there is nothing like it in this world. ‘Australian audiences love Francesca and we love the fact she’s joined the 10 Sports team,’ he said.
Miss Cumani entered the pundit side of the industry and has become a huge success. The glamorous commentator has spoken in the past about her love of the racing industry and how she hopes to see that glamour remains a staple of the sport.
Francesca Cumani CNN
Francesca Cumani joined CNN as the presenter of the monthly Winning Post in 2012. She has spent her life in horse racing. Her father Luca is a highly successful trainer who has won the Derby and the Breeder’s Cup.
For CNN she has covered classics all around the world – and tried out the Churchill Downs Course herself ahead of the 2013 Kentucky Derby. She’s also reported on some of the more unusual racing events – including racing on the snow in Switzerland.
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Francesca Cumani ITV Racing
Francesca Cumani is a program produced by ITV Sport for races shown on ITV or ITV4 in the United Kingdom. In its previous incarnation, the show was an essential part of the World of Sport.
It started on 4 October 1969 when the program began to show horse racing from two courses each week rather than one, under the title “They’re Off”. In the early 1970s, it changed to The ITV Seven, reflecting the number of races it showed each week.
The ITV Seven was also the title of an accumulator bet where vast sums of money could be won if you correctly predicted the winners of all seven races.
The feature was sometimes known (especially in later years) as the ITV Six, the ITV Five or even the ITV Four if fewer races were being shown. On these occasions, the bet would be on the remaining televised races and would be comparatively easy to win, although still exceptionally hard.
Francesca Cumani Height
Francesca Cumani stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches.
Francesca Cumani Fun
She likes to wear jeans, T-shirts and cashmere jumpers during the day and focuses on the quality of clothes rather than the on-trend ones. She also loves to ride as frequently as possible and often describes it as relaxing & extremely calming.
The adrenalin rush gives her a real sense of freedom & she believes there is nothing like it in this world. She is also interested in the world of fashion, a hobby that goes hand in hand while traveling the Horse racing circuit, but when it comes to style, she likes to keep it simple.
Francesca Cumani Salary
Francesca Cumani has been scooped up by Channel 10 in a lucrative deal that will sheher earn $250,000 a day. Francesca Cumani was the face of ITV racing in 2016 and became one of the most popular personalities in the racing industry before moving to Channel 7 to cover the Spring Racing Carnival.
But after inking a $100 million contract for the next five Melbourne Cup Carnivals, Channel 10 secured the signature of the high sort after racing expert in a deal believed to be worth $5 million over five years, The Daily Telegraph reported. With the racing event held over just four days, Miss Cumani stands to earn $31,250 per hour of work.
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