Career
Quinn contributed to a debate on jockey burnout in 2006, noting that in spite of the prevailing practice of jockeys hurrying between meetings to maximise riding opportunities he was seeing his number of rides per season decline. On May 20, 2011 it was reported that Quinn, along with three other jockeys and a trainer, had "..intentionally failed to ensure that a horse ran on its merits..", and was subsequently charged under the sport"s anti-corruption rules.