Dean Yendall (born 1974) is an Australian jockey based in

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. Yendall began his career in 1991. As of late May 2023, he has ridden 2,690 winners, including six in

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races. He is a lightweight jockey, able to ride at 49 kilograms. He has twice won the Group One

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, on the three-year-old fillies I Am A Star in 2016 and

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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

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at a race meeting at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yendall, Dean 1974 births Living people Australian jockeys Place of birth missing (living people)