ANDREW Hogan has been appointed general manager of Cork Racecourse Mallow, a role he will carry out in conjunction with his current position as manager of Tipperary Racecourse.

From Nenagh in Co Tipperary, Hogan has an honours degree in business, accounting and finance from Limerick Institute of Technology. Son of trainer Tom Hogan, he rode as an amateur jockey during his college years and in 2012 he joined the Irish National Stud. He worked in Horse Racing Ireland’s racing department from June 2013 and took up the position of manager of Tipperary in October of that year.