Slots pass KY House; Williams making Senate vote dubious

7:15 p.m. … Let’s cut right to it. After a computer failure, I can report that the measure failed to get the committee support and will not be sent to the full Senate. Voting no were Sens. Harris, McGaha, Smith, Stivers, Tapp, Tori, Westwood. Voting yes were Boswell, Buford, Angel, Pendleton and Shaughnessy.

The room cleared quickly, many of the people from the horse industry leaving with long, sad faces. One horse owner, Jack Smith, shouted in the direction of Republican Sen. Damon Thayer, "You will never get another penny of support from me," Smith told Thayer, who is a consultant to the horse industry and a former Breeders’ Cup and Turfway Park executive. Thayer called the remark inappropriate and said he was not a member of the committee that rejected the slots bill. Thayer never came out in support of the bill, either. And for a senator who claims to be the Thoroughbred industry’s point man on Kentucky legislation, that speaks volumes.

It's going to get real ugly now.