Faiza is the second named foal out of Sweet Pistol (Smart Strike), who ran twice. Her half-sister Kirtan (Cairo Prince) won twice. Sweet Pistol is a half-sister to three winners, headed by Thousand Words (Pioneerof the Nile), a dual Graded winner who now stands as a stallion.

Second dam Pomeroys Pistol (Pomeroy) won three graded races and was placed in both the Prioress Stakes, then a Grade 1, and the Grade 1 Test Stakes. She has had four foals.

Third dam Prettyatthetable (Point Given) was unraced and had five winners, among them the stakes-placed Wildcat Creek (Wildcat Heir) and D'Cats Meow (D'Wildcat).

The fourth dam is the multiple stakes winner Swearingen (Deposit Ticket).

Sweet Pistol has a yearling filly by Cairo Prince and a 2022 filly by Complexity, and was covered again by Complexity for 2023.