Paul Quinn
Flat jockey Paul Matthew Quinn was born in 1977 and rode around 180 winners during his career.
Flat jockey Paul Matthew Quinn was born in 1977 and rode around 180 winners during his career.
He started out in Britain as an apprentice at the famous Reg Hollinshead academy and rode his first winners in 1998. He was soon in demand and registered 21 wins in 1999 and a career-high score of 40 in 2000. He won the 2001 November Handicap on 50-1 outsider Royal Cavalier.
He started out in Britain as an apprentice at the famous Reg Hollinshead academy and rode his first winners in 1998. He was soon in demand and registered 21 wins in 1999 and a career-high score of 40 in 2000. He won the 2001 November Handicap on 50-1 outsider Royal Cavalier.
However, as is the case with so many apprentices, once his claim disappeared, he found opportunities harder to come by and his seasonal totals soon dwindled to single figures.
However, as is the case with so many apprentices, once his claim disappeared, he found opportunities harder to come by and his seasonal totals soon dwindled to single figures.
He rode just five winners in 2009 but they included his biggest success, which came aboard Indian Trail, trained by David ‘Dandy’ Nicholls, in the Investec Dash at Epsom on Derby Day, getting up in the last stride for a short head victory.
He rode just five winners in 2009 but they included his biggest success, which came aboard Indian Trail, trained by David ‘Dandy’ Nicholls, in the Investec Dash at Epsom on Derby Day, getting up in the last stride for a short head victory.
In November 2011, having spent the evening drinking, he grappled with a woman and bruised her face and back as she tried to use her mobile phone. He then urinated on his victim as she kicked him away. He was due to go on trial at Teesside Crown Court in January 2013 accused of two sexual assaults, but prosecutors accepted his guilty plea to a charge of common assault. He was given a 12-month community order and 50 hours unpaid work, and ordered to pay £250 compensation to his victim.
In November 2011, having spent the evening drinking, he grappled with a woman and bruised her face and back as she tried to use her mobile phone. He then urinated on his victim as she kicked him away. He was due to go on trial at Teesside Crown Court in January 2013 accused of two sexual assaults, but prosecutors accepted his guilty plea to a charge of common assault. He was given a 12-month community order and 50 hours unpaid work, and ordered to pay £250 compensation to his victim.
Despite that adverse publicity, Paul actually had a good year in 2013, riding 13 winners. However, he scored just once in 2014 as his career began to go into decline. He rode three winners in 2016, the last of which was Bay Station for David Nicholls at Beverley on August 11.
Despite that adverse publicity, Paul actually had a good year in 2013, riding 13 winners. However, he scored just once in 2014 as his career began to go into decline. He rode three winners in 2016, the last of which was Bay Station for David Nicholls at Beverley on August 11.
He had just 11 rides during the whole of 2017 and no winners. His last mount was on Wind Turbine, trained by Tim Easterby, at Redcar on October 20, 2017, finishing ninth of eleven. He has not ridden since.
He had just 11 rides during the whole of 2017 and no winners. His last mount was on Wind Turbine, trained by Tim Easterby, at Redcar on October 20, 2017, finishing ninth of eleven. He has not ridden since.