James Willoughby

no afraid not , wish he'd just return for the occasional gig

always looked like his head had been put on upside down.

Ex jockeys only now with the Ambassador in charge.  No place for anyone interesting.

Didn't Willo claim to be writing a book?

Turns out Willo took six months off to write his book ... six YEARS ago.
https://www.facebook.com/racingtv/videos/farewell-to-james-willoughby/10154633585166736/

I imagine he took time off for family reasons. His Racing UK broadcasting had become a bit eccentric, I remember around that time he was a handful for Nick Luck at Epsom one evening and when he refused to do any punditry for the Ayr Scottish Grand National meeting despite sitting in the studio all afternoon.

He was writing articles for this lot, until early last year: https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/authors/james-willoughby/