The Texas Rattlers return to Dickies Arena for Rattler Days 2026 on October 2 -4, 2026. 

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The Ariat Texas Rattlers, 2023 PBR Teams Champions, today announced the return of PBR Rattler Days, riding back into Dickies Arena Oct. 2-4, 2026, for their annual homestand featuring three days of professional bull riding in the heart of Cowtown. PBR Rattler Days will mark the eighth event of the 2026 Teams season and the Rattlers’ fifth team-hosted homestand. 

The bull-riding action for Rattler Days at Dickies Arena begins at 7:45 p.m. CT on Friday, Oct. 2; 6:45 p.m. CT on Saturday, Oct. 3; and 1:45 p.m. CT on Sunday, Oct. 4.  

“Rattler Days at Dickies Arena is always a highlight of our season,” said Rattlers President Chad Blankenship. “While our goal is always to win the championship, we’re proud of how our riders competed to earn a top-three finish, and the team is looking forward to carrying that momentum into the new season and our homestand under the direction of Cody Lambert.”  

As part of today’s announcement, the Rattlers also revealed that standouts Brady Fielder and Daniel Keeping have signed multi-year contracts, becoming the team’s first franchise players and solidifying the core of the roster for seasons to come. These long-term signings reflect the franchise’s continued investment in building a championship-caliber team and underscore the long-term stability and growth of the PBR Teams league. 

The Rattlers are Dallas-Fort Worth’s first-ever professional bull riding team, competing in a growing sports league that transforms bull riding from an individual sport into a team-formatted competition. The 10-team league features the world’s top bull riders competing on teams in five-on-five games throughout the season, culminating in the PBR Teams Championship in Las Vegas.  

Led by Head Coach and PBR co-founder Cody Lambert, the Rattlers finished the 2025 PBR Teams regular season ranked No. 3 with a 23-12 record. They secured a first-round bye heading into the PBR Teams Championship after defeating the No. 1 Florida Freedom, highlighted by standout rides from Keeping, Fielder and Claudio Montanha Jr., among others. The Rattlers compiled a 2-2 record in Las Vegas to take home bronze at the 2025 PBR Teams Championship, marking the third time in four years the team has finished inside the top three and reinforcing their status as one of the league’s most consistent contenders. 

In Fort Worth, the Rattlers have proven very difficult to beat with a lifetime record of 11-1.   

Overall, league event attendance continued to increase in the 2025 season. On television, the bull riding games reached 3.0 million viewers when airing on CBS and CW on the same weekend, totaling 28.2 million fans reached in the 2025 season. Even with a ranker pen of bulls, the on-the-dirt product has never been better, demonstrated in riding percentages at 42.13 percent for the 2025 season, up by almost a full 2 percent and another Championship decided in the final outs of the Championship game. 

For more information on the Ariat Texas Rattlers, visit pbr.com/teams/texas-rattlers/ or follow the Texas Rattlers on Facebook, Instagram and X. 

ABOUT ARIAT TEXAS RATTLERS

The Ariat Texas Rattlers are Dallas-Fort Worth’s first-ever professional bull riding team, competing in the PBR Teams league. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, the Rattlers will host their 2026 Rattler Days homestand Oct. 2-4 at Dickies Arena, bringing three days of world-class bull riding to the heart of Cowtown. Led by Rattlers President Chad Blankenship and Head Coach and PBR co-founder Cody Lambert, the Rattlers etched their name in the history books as the 2023 PBR Teams Champions. The Rattlers are owned by the Fisher Family and Fort Worth entrepreneur and civic leader Leonard Firestone.  

The Fisher Family’s investments span footwear and apparel, real estate, timberland and forest products, education, and sports, including ownership of the Oakland Athletics (MLB) and San Jose Earthquakes (MLS). Through its Ariat brand, the Official Boot of PBR, the Fisher Family has been a longtime supporter of PBR. The family is also actively involved with several philanthropic causes, including SFMOMA, The KIPP Foundation, and UCSF.  

Leonard Firestone was a co-founder of the Firestone & Robertson Distilling Company, producer of the highly regarded TX Whiskey and TX Bourbon brands. A former Fort Worth City Councilman, he currently serves on the Board of Managers for the John Peter Smith (JPS) Health Network. serving the healthcare needs of Tarrant County. 

ABOUT PBR TEAMS

PBR Teams is an elite league featuring the world’s top bull riders competing on teams in five-on-five games leading to a Team Championship at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. During the 2026 season, the league’s fifth, each of the 10 teams – Austin Gamblers of Austin, TX; Arizona Ridge Riders of Glendale, AZ; Carolina Cowboys of Greensboro, NC; Florida Freedom of Sunrise, FL; Kansas City Outlaws of Kansas City, MO; Nashville Stampede of Nashville, TN; New York Mavericks of Brooklyn, NY; OK; Oklahoma Wildcatters of Oklahoma City, OK; Missouri Thunder of Springfield, MO; and Texas Rattlers of Fort Worth, TX– will host a homestand. Neutral-site games in Anaheim, CA and Colorado Springs, CO are planned as well. 

PBR Teams, launched in July 2022, builds on the existing structure of professional bull riding with the same basic rules for judging and scoring qualified 8-second bull rides. In events staged in a tournament-style format, all teams compete in head-to-head matchups against a different opponent each day. Each game features five riders per team squaring off against another team. Full team rosters are comprised of seven riders on the Protected Roster and five Reserve riders. The team with the highest aggregate score of qualified rides among its riders is declared the winner of each game. 

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