J. Fred Nostrant, DVM

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. Team USA was represented by the US’s top three horse and young rider pairs who traveled and competed around Europe for 8 weeks. The Euorpean Young Rider Tour culminated in the CDIOY Nations Cup competition at Hoff Kassleman in Hagen, Germany where the top young rider teams from around the world competed for top honors. Dr Nostrant was honored to have been selected and throughly enjoyed working with these exceptional young athletes. The European Young Rider Tour was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19, but Dr Nostrant is hopeful to again serve as the Team vet for the Young Rider Tour in the future.

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. (Source)

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