Jockey Calvin Borel’s storybook Saratoga season continued Saturday afternoon when he overcame a stewards’ inquiry and was declared the winner of the 128th running of the Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama aboard Bentley L. Smith’s Lady Joanne before a crowd of 33,083.

In winning the meet’s biggest race for three-year-old fillies, Borel padded his resume at Saratoga, which already included victories with Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy and the meet’s biggest turf race, the Grade 1 Sword Dancer Invitational, with Grand Couterier.

Borel, in his first full season at the Spa, covered the Alabama’s 10 furlongs on the fast main track in 2:03.62. He has a big chance of putting the cherry on the sundae next Saturday, August 25, when Street Sense goes in the meet’s biggest race, the 138th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Travers, presented by New York Lottery.

“This is unbelievable,” said Borel, who will begin a Travers blog on nyra.com beginning Monday. “It’s like a roller coaster ride. If these two horses (Street Sense and Lady Joanne) stay sound, they may be the best horses right now. This filly has turned it around like night and day. She didn’t break well. She ducked in as soon as the gate opened. We settled down and went off from there. Down the lane, she switched leads at the last jump before the wire.”

Borel, whose nickname “Bo-Rail” indicates his passion for the inside, was actually outside of multiple Grade 1 winner Octave, who tried to squeeze through on the rail late. After a stewards’ inquiry, the result stood and the $2 win players exhaled and collected $11.

Trainer Todd Pletcher and Octave’s jockey, John Velazquez, had no comment after the race, but winning trainer Carl Nafzger picked up the slack.

“Calvin just rode an unbelievable race,” Nafzger said. “Last time he ran against Octave, she had us inside. This time, we had her inside. I’m sorry about the inquiry, but when you look at it, John (Velazquez on Octave) never did quit riding. When I looked at the side view, I could tell we were in front, so we were okay then. It was a tight hole, but it was a good hole. We weren’t far back; we were right there on top of them. It was just a matter of holding off the 6-horse.”

The 6-horse was Lear’s Princess, who turned in a solid performance.

“She was a little wide around the far turn, but she ran great,” said trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. “I thought there was a chance where we would have gotten up. We were second-best to a nice filly.”

Nafzger will likely bring Lady Joanne back to Keeneland for the Grade 1, $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster at nine furlongs on October 7.

“She just keeps stepping forward every race,” Nafzger said. “This was the kind of race she was supposed to step forward like she did.. The way we’re going now, we’ll definitely go to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (Monmouth Park, October 27).”

Moon Catcher was fourth, a head in front of favored Panty Raid. Tough Tiz’s Sis, who set the pace of :23.48, :47.56 and 1:11.34, was sixth and Folk was last.