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Back before Ammit introduced Eras, there were some leaderboards with 25 entries to be found under Leaderboards in the left hand menu bar. That was one set of leaderboards, among them one for each of the 25 top breeding stallions and mares.That was referred to as the LB. Also, on the search page, among the advanced sort options (still there, actually) were Top Stallions and Top Broodmares. There were 250 stallions and 500 hundred mares on these lists. I'm not sure that these are still being used. I think I've seen a post where Ammit said that they were no longer valid. They were referred to as the ELBs.

At any rate, all the stallions on those lists were Star papered and all the mares Gold papered. However, not all the horses with those paperings were on the lists, obviously. There are a number of leaderboards now associated with the eras and colors/patterns of the horses. There are 25 horses on each of those many lists. You can see if a horse has won any trophies or ribbons by checking on their records page. I think those are awarded to the top 10 on each of the many lists. If they have an award for Top Breeding Mare or Top Breeding Stallion for their era, you can be sure they will be of LB or ELB quality if they are papered Gold or Star. You can also check each of the horse's clubs to see if they fall into the top breeding mare or stallion lists for their color or pattern or their era to see if they are among rest of the top 25.

Another way to check out the quality of breeding horses it to check their offspring's PTs. The average foal PT (AFPT) for leaderboard potential horses will probably be over 12. If they are in their first breeding season, then you can check the leaderboard status and/or AFPT of their sire and dam and other recent ancestors.

I hope this has been helpful.