Rizeena

Rizeena
Racing silks of Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum
Sire	Iffraaj
Grandsire	Zafonic
Dam	Serena's Storm
Damsire	Statue of Liberty
Sex	Filly
Foaled	24 March 2011
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Roundhill Stud
Owner	Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum
Trainer	Clive Brittain
Jockey	Frederik Tylicki Ryan Moore James Doyle Richard Hughes Olivier Peslier
Record	11: 5–3–1
Earnings	£527,240
Major wins
National Stakes (2013) Queen Mary Stakes (2013) Moyglare Stud Stakes (2013) Coronation Stakes (2014)

Rizeena (foaled 24 March 2011) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old she won the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot, before going on to win the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes later in the year, and in 2014 she won the Coronation Stakes. She is owned by Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum and trained by Clive Brittain.

Rizeena is a bay filly bred by Roundhill Stud and foaled on 24 March 2011. She was sired by Iffraaj, who won the Group 2 Park Stakes twice and the Lennox Stakes once, as well as finishing second in the 2006 July Cup. Along with Rizeena, he has also sired Benvenue, Chriselliam, Hot Streak and Wootton Bassett. Rizeena's dam is Serena's Storm, a race-winning daughter of Statue of Liberty. In 2011, Rizeena was sold at the Tattersalls October Yearlings Sale for a fee of 50,000 guineas. She is owned by Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum and trained by Clive Brittain.

Rizeena made her racecourse debut on 18 April 2013, when she contested a five-furlong maiden race at Newmarket. She finished the race in fifth place, about two lengths behind winner Fire Blaze. On 10 May, Rizeena won a five-furlong maiden at Ascot, when she beat runner-up Oriel by one and three quarter lengths. Rizeena's next start came in the Listed National Stakes, which is run over five furlongs and six yards at Sandown Park. Jockey Ryan Moore sent her into the lead from the start, and pulled clear with a furlong still to run to win by three lengths from Andhesontherun. At Royal Ascot, Rizeena contested the Queen Mary Stakes, where she faced 22 opponents and started as the 6/1 third-favourite, with Marygate Stakes winner Beldale Memory being sent off the 4/1 favourite. Rizeena, who was this time ridden by James Doyle, raced in the middle of the pack in the early stages. After making steady progress from over two furlongs out, she ran on in the final furlong to take the lead with 100 yards left to run, and won the race by two lengths from the Wesley Ward-trained Sweet Emma Rose, who was a further length ahead of third-placed One Chance.