Dean Yendall (born 1974) is an Australian jockey based in
Victoria.
Yendall began his career in 1991. As of late March 2025, he has ridden 2,786 winners, including six in
Group One
Group One, Group 1, Grade I or G1 is the term used for the highest level of Thoroughbred and Standardbred stakes races in many countries. In Europe, the level of races for Thoroughbred racing is determined using the Pattern races, Pattern race sys ...
races. He is a lightweight jockey, able to ride at 49 kilograms. He has twice won the Group One
Empire Rose Stakes, on the three-year-old fillies I Am A Star in 2016 and
Shoals in 2017, who each carried 49 kilograms.
Yendall has won the Victorian country jockeys' premiership several times, and has consistently ridden more than 100 winners a season in recent years, mostly in country races. His wife is fellow jockey Christine Puls. In April 2016 they rode a
dead heat at a race meeting at
Mildura.
References
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1974 births
Living people
Australian jockeys
Place of birth missing (living people)