Rhythm, the 1989 2-year-old champion, remained a disappointment Saturday, finishing fifth in the one-mile Gotham Stakes while going for his first victory in three starts this year.
It was Rhythm's first start since throat surgery March 8.
"Now you know how good Summer Squall is," Nick Zito, the trainer of Thirty Six Red, said after his colt won the Gotham by 1 1/4 lengths and paid a winning mutuel of $67.
In his previous start, Thirty Six Red had finished third behind sprinter Housebuster and Summer Squall in the seven-furlong Swale March 17 at Gulfstream Park.
Summer Squall, who was making his first start of the year in the Swale after having bled during a February workout, finished six lengths ahead of Thirty Six Red.
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