about
At Amara Equestrian, our goal is to provide our students and equine partners with a customized program tailored to help meet your short term and long term goals. In addition to providing professional training, quality care and amenities, we also believe in having fun and enjoying our time with our horses.
ALEXANDRA MARACIC
Maracic, trainer and owner of Amara, was born and raised on Long Island. She first sat on a horse when she was 6 months old and has never looked back. At the age of 9, she began competing with a heavy focus on the equitation, while catch riding both hunters and jumpers for a number of professionals. She started competing in the Medal/Maclay at the age of 11 and had a number of top placing at the major equitation finals. After aging out of her junior career, Maracic attended the University of Georgia where she studied business marketing and was a member of their D1 Equestrian Team. During her sophomore year, she was offered a professional riding job and later transferred and graduation from Penn State University.
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She has trained under many renowned professionals during her career including but not limited to Ross Reiner, Kaylyn Fogarty, Scott Stewart & Ken Berkeley, Andre Dignelli/Heritage Farm, Val Renihan and Daniel Bluman.
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Today, Maracic spends her time between Wellington and Long Island. She focuses her time on sales horses, breeding and training her student from the short stirrup through their desired goals. She has trained many winners from international derbies, international jumper classes and countless division champions. Alex herself has many top placings in the national, U25, 2*, 3* and 4* level along with hunter championships up and down the east coast.
MATTHEW SASSMANNSHAUSEN
Mattew, trainer and owner of Amara, grew up on his family owned farm located just outside of Chicago. He started is competition career in the pony hunters before moving his career to the jumper ring. Following his junior career working and riding at home, he spent two years under Missy Clark and John Brennan of North Run. Spending the summers in Vermont and Winters in Wellington, Matthew competed, prepared, and managed some of the countries winningest hunters, jumpers, and equitation horses.
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In 2016, he began pursuing the sports top level of Show Jumping and started working along side Olympian Daniel Bluman of Bluman Equestrian. As a competition rider and manager, he has helped produce riders and horses from the junior/amateur ring, up to the 5* international level. He spent summers in Spruce Meadows and Europe, where he learned from the greats of our sport. Matthew himself has successfully competed in the young jumper divisions, as well as up to the National Grand Prix level. He cares for proper horsemanship and development of young horses.
