Thanks for the link. There are many books titled “Off Course”, and most have nothing to do with horses. 
Re the book linked above … At this moment, one customer rating gives it 5*, no review. That’s the only rating, so far.
ganked from the Amazon blurb …
However, the DEI proponents within USEF asserted race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity socio-economic, and other marginalizing factors were restricting participation in equine sports. Berkley understood what that meant: Other people, who were deemed privileged, would have to enable the underprivileged. It was the next step in the Left’s relentless pursuit of Socialism, now brought to the horse world.
As Berkley began tracking the changes demanded by DEI, she found troubling issues: suppression of Constitutional protections, speech codes, quotas, set asides, indoctrination, and the promotion of Black, as well as, LGBTQ+ agendas.
At a time when horse ownership was imperiled by many mitigating factors, like loss of land for recreational riding and for essential agricultural products, declining numbers of veterinarians, and the onslaught of animal rights’ extremists, USEF officials were seemingly too fearful of being labeled racist or homophobic to stand up for the preservation and practices of equine sports—or, worse yet, the horse in America.
The detour of USEF from its primary mission as a rules and regulation organization, was worsened by a shameful pursuit of more and more financial gains in equine sports. In that pursuit, USEF ran roughshod over its membership, failed to resolve alleged rampant abuse of minors, engaged in cronyism, and wallowed in the uncharted waters of social justice.
How does one “wallow in the uncharted waters of social justice”? Never mind, don’t really need an answer.
below is from page 8 of the reading sample …
OK. This is … a lot. 
I appreciate it when the author so clearly shares their agenda, up front. Don’t have to waste as much time finding out by actually reading it.
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It was released maybe 2 weeks ago at most? [edit]
Hoo boy! That’s some deeply biased, dog-whistle laden, race-baiting, MAGA talking point filled “prose” there… I think I can skip it.
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Just watch what happens to the sport. 
Oh no, we’ll have more (gasp) brown people in horse sports! /s
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No no, there will be no sport because of the lack of focus on regulation, human and animal welfare, and putting profits above all else. At 21% attrition year over year the org has quickly shrank in the past few years and continues to at that rate and probably more here in the near future.
I have nothing wrong with any race or any of the like, but let’s be real the people who started this sport had slaves, and this sport has never been about equity or equality. It’s impossible to have equality in equestrian sports with the costs. And the funniest part, they’re just playing the part, they are ALL ABOUT PROFITS. They have done everything that they can to make equestrian sports more exclusive
block list about to get busy again…
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Part of me wants to know what LGBTQ+ agenda " they " are pushing.
I mean, what?
The author certainly is impressed with their vocabulary.
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This is the most tone-deaf, racist thing I’ve read today. And that’s considering the current political dumpster fire that we live in. 
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I’m not sure it’s a great ad but I thought it was funny. And not at all obscene.
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not that it matters …
@aohunter0629 's first post on this forum, a few short months ago in Dec. 24 (ok those were very long months as it happened, although not because of this post) …
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the classic quote for the record, as posts can disappear
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Yeah I said it and stand behind it. The organization doesn’t even enforce those added to the SafeSport list nor the poor horses being abused and drugged, and DEI is a priority? DEI completely is in conflict with SafeSport rules anyway so that’s very interesting.
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Please expand on your opinion that DEI and Safe Sport are in conflict.
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Thank goodness I gave up my membership years ago, before I could be indoctrinated and exposed to the Black and LGBTQ agendas.
/s/
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Just wondering if this book is a reaction to the USEF 2025 DEI Action Plan?
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With all the challenges USEF faces DEI and WOKE policies are not on my list. It’s an interesting hill to die on. I’m so happy for the people out there who haven’t seen people denied inclusion based on skin color, disability or looking different . This was an issue that needed to be addressed and I applaud USEF for taking a stand. I won’t be wasting my time reading the book. The excerpt, forward and chapel names have already irked me.
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“About the Author
Judy Berkley has been a published writer since 1984. In addition to her freelance work, Berkley was a daily columnist at the Oakland Tribune newspaper in northern California. However, she found political correctness so damaging and restrictive to free speech, she resigned her position. Seeking respite from an increasingly stressful world, Berkley and her husband relocated to rural Ohio and purchased a rundown farm. Berkley planned to turn her lifelong love of horses into the focus of her activities and writing. From what she thought would be a tranquil existence, came the most dramatice and grueling episodes of her life, which she chronicles in Justice for Speedy: A True Horse Story.”
This is from the “About the Author” section of Berkley’s other book, Justice for Speedy.
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