Beverly Manroe

TRAINER

Beverly Manroe began her long career at age nine in Houston at a hunter/jumper barn called Parish Stables. She took lessons there for several years and became good enough so that when Mr. Parish left town, he’d put her in charge of teaching as well.

She ventured to Austin as a University of Texas student and began riding at Hobby Horse stables in the university-sponsored Canter Club. Hobby Horse’s Jane Burr greatly influenced Manroe’s teaching style. To earn money for club fees, Manroe was also allowed to teach at Hobby Horse.

Other major influences on her teaching are the internationally famous George Morris and, of course, the large amount of literature written on the subject. Beverly prefers group lessons as she has found groups are more supportive and empathetic to the individual rider and she lives for the A-HA moments of her students. She has been with Switch Willo since 1975 and earned an academic honors degree from U.T. in the Plan II Liberal Arts Program.