Section 017-9-1 - General1. A committee of advisors will be appointed annually by the Commission to assist the Commission in promoting this program. The advisors will be selected from interested persons engaged in breeding or racing Standardbred horses. At least one member will be from an Association programming at least one stake race. The advisory committee will serve without compensation.2. Any Association that desires to host events in the Maine Standardbred Breeders Stakes must so inform the Commission at the annual race date assignment hearing proceeding the year of the event.3. The Commission shall establish a schedule of races and select the sites of the events annually.4. The name of the events shall be Maine Standardbred Breeders Stake No. 1 for eligible 3 year olds in 1974 and Maine Standardbred Breeders Stake No. 2 for eligible 2 year olds in 1974, then numbered chronologically each succeeding year. Eligibility, estimated values, fees, and conditions shall be announced by publication no later than March 1 of the year of the race. Purses will be announced by the Department no later than June 1 of the year of the race. Application forms will be available at the office of the Department.5. Trainers of eligible two and three year old horses participating in the Sire Stakes program shall notify the Department no later than May 15 of the location at which the eligible horses are stabled. Said trainer shall inform the Department of any change in stable location prior to moving the horse.