# Dean Yendall

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{{short description|Australian jockey (born 1974)}}
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'''Dean Yendall''' (born 1974) is an Australian jockey based in [Victoria](/source/Victoria%2C_Australia). 

Yendall was born in Melbourne and grew up in the suburb of [Westmeadows](/source/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](/source/Group_races) 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](/source/Empire_Rose_Stakes), on the three-year-old fillies I Am A Star in 2016 and [Shoals](/source/Shoals_(horse)) 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](/source/Horsham%2C_Victoria) 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](/source/dead_heat) at a race meeting at [Mildura](/source/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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