{{short description|Australian jockey (born 1974)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2021}} '''Dean Yendall''' (born 1974) is an Australian jockey based in Victoria.
Yendall was born in Melbourne and grew up in the suburb of Westmeadows before moving to the country when he was 14.<ref name=PB>{{cite news |last1=Bartley |first1=Patrick |title=Dean Yendall: Riding strong |url=https://www.vrc.com.au/latest-news/dean-yendall-riding-strong/ |access-date=31 August 2025 |publisher=Victoria Racing Club |date=29 July 2025}}</ref> He began his riding career in 1991. As of late February 2026, he has ridden 2,836 winners, including six in Group One races.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.racing.com/jockeys/dean-yendall-23001| title = Dean Yendall| publisher = Racing.com| access-date =23 February 2026}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |first=James|last=Tzaferis| url = https://www.racing.com/news/2021-04-09/news-interstate-preview-yendall-chasing-another-lightweight-win-sb| title = Yendall chasing another lightweight win| publisher = Racing.com| access-date =30 May 2021}}</ref>
Yendall has consistently ridden more than 100 winners a season, mostly in country races.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.racingandsports.com/thoroughbred/jockey/dean-yendall/998 | title = Dean Yendall| publisher = Racing and Sports| access-date =30 May 2021}}</ref> Between 2011 and 2017 he won the Neville Wilson Medal, for the jockey with the most wins in the Victorian country season, in seven successive seasons.<ref>{{cite web |title=Neville Wilson Medal for Country Racing Victoria Jockey of the Year |url=https://country.racing.com/awards |website=Country Racing |access-date=31 August 2025}}</ref>
Yendall lives in Horsham with his wife, fellow jockey Christine Puls.<ref name=PB/><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.racing.com/jockeys/christine-puls-22894| title = Christine Puls| publisher = Racing.com| access-date =23 February 2026}}</ref> In April 2016 they rode a dead heat at a race meeting at Mildura.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lamb|first=James| url = https://www.punters.com.au/news/keeping-it-in-the-family_144402/ | title = Husband and wife one day, mother and son the next| publisher = Punters| access-date =30 May 2021}}</ref>
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