Birthday: Jul 28, 1967

Nationality: Hong Kong

Background:
Age: 57. Hong Kong Jockey Club Apprentice Jockeys' School graduate Dennis Yip was licensed as a jockey in Hong Kong between 1984 and 1993. He rode a total of 59 winners before moving on to learn the training game overseas and then acting as assistant to multiple champion trainer, Brian Kan. In 2002/03 he became a licensed trainer in his own right. Yip trained more than 30 winners in each of his seasons as a trainer until he fell short with 26 wins in the 2019/20 season, despite a solid back half to the campaign following a slow start. The 2011/12 season saw him reach the 50-win mark as he finished fourth in the trainers' championship. He maintained his upward curve in 2012/13 as he sent out 69 winners to clinch his first trainers' title, sealing victory over Tony Cruz in the very last race of the season. His biggest win that term came with Go Baby Go in the HKG3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy, while All You Wish took Champion Griffin honours and the Most Improved Horse title. The Yip-trained Massive Sovereign soared to a scintillating success in the 2024 Hong Kong Derby at only his second start in the city. Yip became the sixth active Hong Kong trainer to reach the 800-win mark by saddling a double at Happy Valley with Passing Fashion and Sunny And Gold in 2022.

Achievements:
Hong Kong Champion Trainer (2012/13).

Notable Race Wins Include
Hong Kong Derby (2024 Massive Sovereign), G2 Jockey Club Cup (2016 Secret Weapon), G2 Premier Bowl (2020 Wishful Thinker), HKG2 International Mile Trial (2005 Dave's Best), HKG3 Centenary Vase (2004 Red Pepper, 2016 Secret Weapon), HKG3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup (2004 Industrial Success, 2010 Fat Choy Ichiban), HKG3 Sha Tin Trophy (2007 Down Town), HKG3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (2013 Go Baby Go), HKG3 Sha Tin Sprint Trophy (2013 Go Baby Go), HKG3 Juvenile Sprint Trophy (2003 Dave's Best).

Hong Kong Career Wins
(at start of 2024/25 season): 847 (win strike rate: 7.3%).