James "Jimmy" Quinn is an Irish professional horse racing flat jockey. One of the highlights of Quinn's career came when he won the Nunthorpe Stakes

Nunthorpe Stakes

The Nunthorpe Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to thoroughbreds aged two years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 5 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August....

 at York Racecourse

York Racecourse

York Racecourse is a horse racing track in the southwest of the city of York in North Yorkshire, England with a spectator capacity of 60,000. The most famous race to be held at York on an annual basis is the Ebor Handicap, which is run during the Ebor Festival meeting in August...

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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.

Corruption allegations

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.