Partnership Dressage
Elaine Hayes is an FEI level Dressage Trainer, USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medalist. Creator of Partnership Dressage, bringing connection and attunement principles to upper level, competitive dressage to create soft, relaxed, happy horses.
Elaine believes that communication and connection, through learning how the horse really thinks and feels and honoring them as unique and valuable individuals with gifts to offer us, are keys to improve the partnerships with our horses and to bring out the best they can be, by giving them the best of how we can be, for the competition arena and beyond. We are Building happy athletes one horse at a time!
Some of these videos will be consent-based training techniques and some will be competition focused. Let’s see if there is room in the industry for both at the same time!
Rib rope demo for saddling/girthing issues
Foundation postural groundwork maneuvers for ECVM horses
Oz groundwork 11/4/25
Nova lunging
Nova learning free lunging. 6/10/25
Nova continues to slowly develop leading and lunging skills. July 22, 2025
4yr old Oldenburg Nova. Starting a young horse, 15 th session of his lifetime
"Kiss", more canter work and balancing without pressure
"Kiss" learning new things in the bitless
Nova MFB, 2nd time
Fancy part 2. Work on spatial boundaries to increase willingness and partnership
Cosmo part 2, working on confident, relaxed walking under saddle
Cosmo OTTB 5 yr old restart, ECVM free, part 1
Oz
Oz, 4 yr old. ECVM young horse start, 1/30/25
Oz part 2, 1/30/25, riding part
Froggy part 2, ECVM restart
"Oz" 5th ride, part 2. ECVM 4 yr old
"Oz" 5th time riding, just short of 2 months training total. ECVM 4 yr old Oldenburg
Mindset matters in dressage training @Partnershipdressage
Reggie trot pi and pa 2015
Seneca “the wonder pony” PSG fall 2022
Walking “Debono Moves”. Guided touch while moving with your ECVM horse
Lifting withers on the ground with ECVM horse
Stan physical check in part 1
Stan conformation video part 2
Engaging thoracic sling on a horse lacking proper muscling who was Later diagnosed with ECVM.
"How to put your horse on the bit" Contact video part 3
"The mechanics of putting your horse on the bit" Contact video Part 2