The Jockey Club Information Systems, Inc. (TJCIS) today announced that the 2001 edition of International Cataloguing Standards and International Statistics is available on their web site at www.equineonline.com/icscbook.

International Cataloguing Standards and International Statistics contains a complete list of 2001 stakes races accorded Group/Graded or Listed status in sales catalogues published by the world’s major Thoroughbred auction companies. A special feature allows users to download the book in its entirety or view a list of black-type races by country.

This year’s book, for the first time, includes the 2000 International Classifications, an international weighting of top runners by age and distance compiled by a panel of handicappers from Europe, the United States, Japan and Australia.

Those requiring a printed copy of International Cataloguing Standards and International Statistics should mail $12 plus $5 shipping and handling ($6 for Canadian residents and $12 for European and South American residents) to: The Jockey Club Information Systems, Inc., 821 Corporate Drive, Lexington, KY 40503-2794. Kentucky residents should add six per cent sales tax.