My lad has been shown English and Western and has done very well at both. We had one English judge (a lady) comment at one show that she loved my horse he was the J Lo of the horse world ie. He's got a big bum. He has excelled at not only in coloured/spotted/pal. classes, but also in general gelding classes, open classes etc. You always get a judge that doesn't like spots, but luckily I haven't come across many yet. As for hot headed, all horses have their own charateristics like people, my lad has a lovely temperment, but can have his moments (usually at home).