Michael Felgate

Seven sport reporter and presenter Michael Felgate has had a long love of sport, especially AFL and horse racing. In fact, Michael lists one of his career highlights as not only witnessing Makybe Diva’s third straight Melbourne Cup win, but also being there for the celebrations that followed.

“To be there for Makybe Diva’s historic third Cup will be something I will never forget,” he says. “I doubt there will be another horse in my lifetime that will do the same so I look forward to telling my grandchildren that I was there the day Makybe Diva won her third Cup.

Michael combines his role as a sports reporter with presenting the Seven news sport segment over summer. He is also involved in Channel Seven’s Sport broadcasts of the Melbourne Cup Carnival and Australian Open tennis.

In 2007 Michael also worked on the network’s AFL coverage hosting interstate games into Sydney and Brisbane.

Michael has dominated the horse racing media awards since joining Seven. In 2005 and 2006 he received the Melbourne Racing Club award for Best News Reporting over the Caulfield Cup Carnival and in the same years also received the Best Cox Plate story award from the Moonee Valley Racing Club. In 2006 Michael also won the overall Media Award for outstanding coverage of the Cox Plate Carnival. In 2007 Michael achieved a “clean sweep” in the media awards winning the Best News Reporting award for the Caulfield Cup Carnival and Cox Pate as well as the Best News Story award on the Victoria Derby.

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