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I'd say 11 is a solid standard. My current benchmark is 11.5 but I start at the exceptional level and thus effectively skip a generation.

Remember that it's an average, so one or two foals may dramatically skew results.

While collecting information is good it’s important to remember that each player has their own herd and their own standards. What works well for one barn may completely clear out another persons breeding stock.

It’s best to figure out your AFPT of your mares and how many mares you’d like to keep. Then clear out the bottom mares below the # of mares you’d like to keep. That will give you your cut off score.

You also have to remember to compare apples to apples. A really good or bad foal or two can skew the AFPT along with comparing a mare with 3 foals to 8. Similar amount of pasture times and stud quality help equal things out too.

As for papers a blue 3rd Gen mare is good. It can take 2-3 generations to get through each paper level when keeping superior to sire on colts and mare papers are comparable to studs papers.

So a mare that pedigree moves up each paper level each generation is good or at least slightly above an average mare that could be 4 or 5 Gens to get to blue.