ges ▁and ▁Ste wards ▁Commission er . ▁ ▁He ▁served ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁ ▁Brown ▁attempted ▁to ▁crack ▁down ▁on ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁association ▁for ▁rule ▁viol ations , ▁and ▁was ▁particularly ▁noted ▁for ▁the ▁pro sec ution ▁of ▁one ▁prominent ▁tra iner , ▁who ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁lic ensed ▁judge , ▁for ▁having ▁" pl astic ▁surg ery " ▁and ▁other ▁artificial ▁enh anc ements ▁performed ▁on ▁the ▁horses ▁in ▁his ▁care , ▁including ▁t atto o ing ▁and ▁li pos u ction . ▁Some ▁members ▁accused ▁Brown ▁of ▁pract icing ▁favor it ism ▁by ▁pro sec uting ▁some ▁members ▁and ▁not ▁others . ▁ ▁But ▁while ▁the ▁individual ▁in ▁question ▁was ▁susp ended ▁for ▁five ▁years ▁and ▁several ▁horses ▁he ▁had ▁shown ▁dis qual ified ▁for ▁ass orted ▁champion ships , ▁this ▁person ▁file d ▁suit ▁against ▁the ▁organization , ▁along ▁with ▁several ▁other ▁individuals ▁who ▁owned ▁horses ▁associated ▁with ▁him . ▁Some ▁of ▁these ▁large ▁law su its ▁were ▁against ▁the ▁association ▁and ▁others ▁named ▁Brown ▁personally . ▁ ▁I A HA ▁successfully ▁def ended ▁the ▁law suit ▁brought ▁by ▁the ▁tra iner , ▁though ▁accum ulated ▁cri pp ling ▁legal ▁fe es ▁in ▁doing ▁so . ▁On ▁the ▁advice ▁of ▁coun sel ▁and ▁their ▁ins urer , ▁I A HA ▁settled ▁the ▁remaining ▁cases . ▁ ▁Brown ▁volunte ered ▁to ▁res ign ▁after ▁controvers y ▁about ▁his ▁fund ra ising ▁methods ▁for ▁def ending ▁against ▁the ▁law su its