Anthony Mithen is a Melbourne-based sports commentator, radio presenter, racehorse owner and breeder. He began his sports journalism career as a cadet at the ''

Geelong Advertiser The ''Geelong Advertiser'' is a daily newspaper circulating in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, the Bellarine Peninsula, and surrounding areas. First published on 21 November 1840, the ''Geelong Advertiser'' is the oldest newspaper title in Vic ...

'' in 1990, before moving onto ''

The Age ''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territo ...

'' newspaper in 1994. In 1997, he joined

Network Ten Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ...

's news/sports department as a sports reporter and he moved onto ''

National Nine News ''Nine News'' (stylised ''9News'') is the national news service of the Nine Network in Australia. Its flagship program is the hour-long 6:00 pm state bulletin, produced by Nine's owned-and-operated stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane ...

'' in 1999 where he gained an excellent reputation as a sports news reporter and presenter with his specialist sports being

AFL AFL may refer to: Sports * American Football League (AFL), a name shared by several separate and unrelated professional American football leagues: ** American Football League (1926) (a.k.a. "AFL I"), first rival of the National Football Leagu ...

football along with horse racing. During his career, he has won several media awards for his work on cricket from the Victorian Cricket Association and horse racing from the Victorian Amateur Turf Club. He hosted the ''Prime Time Sports'' program from 5.30–9am weekdays on

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with former AFL footballer

Michael Christian Michael Christian (born 21 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer and media personality from Busselton, Western Australia who played for East Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and Collingwood in the Victorian ...

and also called AFL football for Geelong radio station K-Rock (3GL). He was on the board of AFL club

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, a ...

, between 2004 and 2009. In 2003 he stopped working for Channel 9 to concentrate on running the Rosemont Stud horse racing and breeding operations, including a part ownership of

2009 Melbourne Cup The 2009 Melbourne Cup, the 149th running of Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race was run on Tuesday, 3 November 2009, starting at 3:00 PM local time (0400 UTC). The race was won by Shocking. The 9–1 winner, trained by Mar ...

entrant Changingoftheguard.Change of career led to a dream with Changingoftheguard

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