Race and Sport Horse Practitioner Joins AAEP Board of Directors

Foster Northrop, DVM, founding owner of Northrop Equine PLLC, an ambulatory racehorse and sport horse practice based in Louisville, Ky., has joined the board of directors of the American Association of Equine Practitioners. Dr. Northrop was installed during the Nov. 20 President’s Luncheon at the AAEP’s 63^rd Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas. His three-year term expires in 2020.

After graduating from the University of Georgia in 1989, Dr. Northrop joined John R. Steele & Associates in Vernon, N.Y., where he provided care to Standardbred racehorses and show horses of all disciplines. In 1992, he relocated to Louisville and spent 16 years practicing on Thoroughbred racehorses and sport horses with Dr. Mark Cheney before starting his own practice in 2008.

He is a member and former vice chair of the AAEP’s Racing Committee, his contributions to which were recognized when he received the AAEP President’s Award in 2010. He also serves on the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and on the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance board of advisors. He previously served as a member of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation’s Research Advisory Committee.

The American Association of Equine Practitioners, headquartered in Lexington, Ky., was founded in 1954 as a non-profit organization dedicated to the health and welfare of the horse. Currently, AAEP reaches more than 5 million horse owners through its over 9,000 members worldwide and is actively involved in ethics issues, practice management, research and continuing education in the equine veterinary profession and horse industry.