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If you’re waiting for Keeneland to roll out its new master plan, the racetrack’s president says hold your horses.

In August, Keeneland hired the architectural firm HOK Sport to develop a plan to expand the historic Lexington track to accommodate the larger crowds that had been coming to the races.

Nick Nicholson, Keeneland’s president and chief executive officer, said they had intentionally hired a firm that didn’t specialize in racetrack construction so they could get a fresh perspective.

Nicholson didn’t say in August how much the plan would cost or when it might be completed, although he said “they (HOK) think they can have it done this year (2008).”

In answering a question from the audience at Tuesday’s meeting of the Bluegrass Hospitality Association, Nicholson said the plan is still in the works.

“That process is ongoing. There is no time frame on it,” he said. “Certainly, with the (sluggish) economy, nothing is going to happen soon.”

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