When a quandary pops up–like it did before the GI, $1-million Whitney Stakes–Ortiz defers to Steve Rushing, his high-powered agent, to make the call. “Absolutely, one of the toughest decisions we had to make,” Rushing said on the Saratoga backstretch Friday morning. Casse Not Nervous as Nitrogen Takes on the BoysThe prestigious GI, $1-million Whitney Stakes has been run since 1928. Don't forget the filly Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro). “He won that race and ran terrific but because everything that happened, it was not really the story,” Pletcher said.