Steve Beshear has repeatedly told the horsey set all they had to do was win one race and they’d be home free. He took their money and led them on a wild goose chase. The reality? It would have taken more than one. Way more. Like seven.

Here’s the latest from Ronnie Ellis:

Two Democratic state Senators said Wednesday they will vote against legislation to authorize electronic slots at horse tracks and a third plans to abstain should the measure reach the Senate floor.

That means a maximum of 14 Democratic votes for the idea and calls into question Gov. Beshear’s repeated claim the measure has the 20 votes necessary to pass the 38-member chamber – a claim he made yet again Wednesday even after being told three members of his party won’t vote for the bill which passed the House last summer but died in a Senate budget committee.

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“There is no way for them to get to 20 votes and they have never had 20 votes,” said Senate President David Williams, R-Burkesville, the leading opponent of expanded gambling. “The governor told the horse people they had the 20 votes. They knew they didn’t have the 20 votes and they demonized me for being unfair to the horse industry. I’ll call it a lie – the governor was lying.”

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Williams said there aren’t six Republican votes among those remaining and suggested at least one other unnamed Democrat might vote against the measure.

Ouch.

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