Francesca Cumani

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]

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

Cumani began working for ITV Racing in 2016.[5] In February 2019 Ed Chamberlin and Cumani were joint winners of the Broadcast Sports Presenter of the Year at the SJA Awards.[6]

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[2] and had four wins.[7]

In 2014 Cumani married Australian international polo player, Rob Archibald.[8] In April 2016 their son was born. In 2018 Cumani and Archibald separated.[9] Following their separation, Cumani was in a relationship with fellow ITV Racing presenter, Oli Bell. They split in 2020.[10] In December 2021, she announced that she is expecting her second child with partner Max Johnson. In June 2022, Cumani gave birth to a son, Teddy.[11]