Robin, the 14th Duke of Bedford, died peacefully in his sleep on Friday, aged 63, after suffering a stroke two days ago. He died shortly before 0900 BST in the Tavistock Intensive Care Unit at the ...

The widow of Robin Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford, she lived at Woburn Abbey and was known as the Marchioness of Tavistock before he succeeded to the dukedom in October 2002.

However, Duke Of Bedford ($3.70 fav) showed no signs of fatigue in the straight, ploughing through the worn track to score by 12 lengths over honest locals Instigator ($5.50) and Bazini ($15).

Fatigue was the only hope for Duke Of Bedford’s rivals a long way from the finish of Thursday’s gruelling $350,000 Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool.