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The blue mare is much better quality then the red mare. Simple as that. The PT score was artificially boosted by the higher ability studs you used on both those mares.

Ya the second mare is not even close, she is generations behind her star sire, as is her dam. Looking at the foals I see that in almost every cross. Stallions 10+ points better then the mares.

It happens when you use a lot of double boosted studs to start a line with normal foundation mares. Means almost all the fillies will pass mare advice (easy to be better then mom when she is 10 points worse then dad) and almost none of the colts. Not something you necessarily need to change/fix, just know that your mares are going to have higher AFPT then other mares for their paper levels. You can still compare the mares in your herd just can't compare to the herds of people who started with even ability.

If you do want to "fix" it, just use strict mare advice all the time (remember it is harsher these days) and maybe give your mares an extra two generations to catch up and they should even out.

If it works for you that's great, don't worry about it then. Like I said just don't compare your AFPT per paper to other breeders. Since you know AFPT is artificially high for many of your mares just adjust your expectations.

You can still compare two mares bred to the same stud (or about as good as studs). The mare with the lower AFPT is your lower ability mare.