(CNN) War of Will may have won the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, but the horse everyone likely will remember is Bodexpress.

"I'm getting more press than the winner," the horse's jockey, John Velazquez, told CNN on Monday.

Bodexpress threw Velazquez to the dirt immediately out of the gate, but he didn't stop. The horse ran the entire race, mostly on the outside of the track, with no rider. He continued to run on the track after the race ended and for a while avoided outriders trying to catch him.

Officially, though, Bodexpress was listed as a did not finish (DNF), and Velazquez was not injured.

"He just went around like it was a normal race," Velazquez said. He later added, "They are born to race, and that's the way they think, and once those gates open, that's what they want to do. It's part of the competition."

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