He began working with horses at the age of 17 and rode over 200 winners in his short career as a jockey.

He had an ideal build for a jockey, weighing 48 kilograms (106 lb) and being 1.57 metres (5 ft 2 in) tall with strong arms, legs and shoulders.

[4] On 27 January 1960, when he was aged 21, his horse Silver Whit was involved in a three-horse fall at Pakenham.

[5] Jockey Ricky Kingston, who was slightly injured in the fall, gave Yeomans oxygen in the ambulance on the way to the hospital as there was no doctor at the racetrack.

[2] He had powerful arms due to his horse riding career and this helped him to swim breaststroke and freestyle efficiently and quickly.

[2] In April 1964, he married Mary Cameron, a nurse and they had three children – Lane, Grant and Scott.

[4] On 19 June 1971 at the Sandown Racecourse, he trained Pagolio to win his first Melbourne metropolitan race.

[2] The best horse he trained was Zephr Cross who won the 1986 Ascot Vale Stakes beating Bounding Away, the Golden Slipper winner.