Hittites years of the Old Hittite Kingdom, can be explained in part by the nature of the Hittite kingship at that time. During the Old Hittite Kingdom period prior to 1400 BC, the king of the Hittites was not viewed by the Hittite citizenry as a "living god", like the Pharaohs of Egypt, but rather as a first among equals. Only in the later period of the Hittite Empire, from 1400 BC until 1200 BC, did the kingship of the Hittites become more centralized and powerful. Also in earlier years the succession was not legally fixed, enabling the "war of the
Flirting Around seven winners produced by the Kentucky-bred mare Happy Flirt, herself the winners of three minor races. Happy Flirt's dam Saracen Flirt was also the ancestor of the St Leger winner Mutafaweq. Before he began his racing career he was acquired by the Japanese owner-breeder Zenya Yoshida and sent into training with Robert Carver in France. He was ridden in most of his races by the French jockey Gerard Thiboeuf After winning on his debut over 1200 metres, Flirting Around was moved up in class and distance for the Group Two Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte over 1400 metres in which he finished