7:30 PM - 8:30 PM EST
Dr. Fred Nostrant grew up on a farm in northern California where he was involved in 4-H and his family’s Quarter horse breeding operation. He became interested in equine veterinary medicine during his college years at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Dr. Nostrant graduated from Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and then completed an internship at an elite sport horse practice in Connecticut where he focused on lameness and general medicine.
Dr. Nostrant started North Bridge Equine to focus on his interest in the diagnosis and treatment of complex lameness issues in the equine athlete and help both horse and rider meet their performance goals.
In 2018 and 2019, Dr Nostrant was invited to serve as the Team Veterinarian for the USA Dressage European Young Rider Tour. The European Young Rider Tour culminated in the CDIOY Nations Cup competition at Hoff Kasselman in Hagen, Germany where young rider teams from around the world competed for top honors. In 2021 Dr Nostrant served as Team Veterinarian for the USA Dressage Team at the World Equestrian Festival at CHIO Aachen in Aachen, Germany. 2024 offered a trip around the world for Dr Nostrant to the Middle East! Here Dr Nostrant served as the Veterinarian for Team USA at the World Cup Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Nostrant will continue to support Team USA and USA Dressage by serving as a Team Veterinarian at several international events each year. In addition Dr Nostrant serves as USEF Official Veterinarian at the USEF Festival of Champions at Lamplight Equestrian Center each year.
Dr. Nostrant lives on a farm in Concord, Massachusetts with his wife, Erin Renfroe, who is an accomplished upper level Eventing rider and trainer. Along with their many horses on the farm they have four dogs and 3 cats. Erin spends her winters training in Aiken, SC and Fred travels back and forth to Aiken in the winter to work on horses and do some riding himself.
Outside of veterinary medicine Dr. Nostrant enjoys spending time on his tractor tending to the farm and working on his small collection of vintage Volkswagens. He is currently restoring a 1972 Super Beetle.
NEDA Know How is a nationally award-winning virtual webinar series that runs every Thursday evening in January, February, and March. Run through Zoom, participants are muted, but can ask questions in the platform's chat feature, allowing the NEDA moderators to pass the questions along to our speakers for answers to your challenges and questions.
The goal of the webinar is to bring our membership a variety of prolific speakers aiming to increase:
- knowledge of best practices and opportunities in the dressage industry,
- opportunities to query those working in the dressage industry regarding cutting-edge advancements or best-quality educational standards, and
- knowledge of how their aspirations are impacted by others' work in the dressage community or the equine industry.
