It's not right for me to adjudicate which of varying degrees of judging is best. I have seen Spangle and Pied certificates won by birds which failed to display a full set of spots. Again, the argument is not a true comparison. There are usually many more Light or Grey Greens than Dominant Pieds at most shows. In many cases, the answer is that a case could well be advanced that it would.
Spangles are often as numerous as many of the Normal colours.
The numbers with the original Spangle spots are few. I seriously doubt it, just as I have yet to be convinced that when a Dominant Pied without a full set of spots wins, that the second in the class is a magnificent bird with all its spots. I'm sure the judge would often agree, or at least sympathise with this view. The judge though, cannot afford the luxury of such abstract thinking. Do exhibitors actually go and look at every other Blue in the show to see if the best Blue really was a bad decision.