The merchant network
A racing membership you use eight times a year is a racing membership you forget about. The merchant network is what puts the card in your hand in your own town, in the weeks when nothing is running.
Density in a town beats a big national number
Plenty of programmes advertise thousands of merchants. What decides whether the card is worth carrying is how many of them are within a few minutes of where you live.
What is on offer
Ararat
- Grampians Gate CafeFood and drink
10% off breakfast and lunch
Avoca
- Pyrenees Fine WinesShops
10% off any purchase
Ballarat
- The Sovereign TableFood and drink
10% off food, any day
- Lydiard Street RoastersFood and drink
Free upsize on any coffee
- Eureka OutfittersShops
15% off full-price racewear
- Ballarat Tyre and AutoMotoring
$30 off a logbook service
- Sturt Street PhysioHealth
20% off an initial consultation
Bendigo
- Rosalind Park BistroFood and drink
10% off the bill, Sunday to Thursday
- Pall Mall Wine MerchantsShops
10% off any six bottles
- Goldfields Motor InnStay
15% off a weekend night
- Bendigo BootmakersShops
10% off boots and repairs
Coleraine
- Coleraine General StoreShops
5% off groceries
Hamilton
- Grange Road CellarsShops
10% off wine by the case
- The Woolstore KitchenFood and drink
10% off food
- Western District Vet SuppliesServices
7.5% off equine lines
Horsham
- Wimmera Grain and FeedServices
5% off feed and rural supplies
- Firebrace BakehouseFood and drink
Free coffee with any lunch
- Horsham Auto ElectricsMotoring
10% off labour
Kyneton
- Piper Street ProvidoreFood and drink
10% off, Monday to Friday
- Campaspe GarageMotoring
Free safety check with any service
Murtoa
- Murtoa MechanicalMotoring
10% off labour
Seymour
- Goulburn Valley ProvedoreShops
10% off deli and produce
- Station Street HotelFood and drink
$5 off any main
Stawell
- Stawell Gift SportsShops
10% off footwear
- Main Street Motel StawellStay
10% off any booking
Terang
- Terang Farm SuppliesServices
5% off, in store
- The Terang CommercialFood and drink
10% off counter meals
Wangaratta
- Ovens Street GrillFood and drink
10% off dinner
- King Valley Cellar DoorShops
Complimentary tasting for two
- North East Physio and RehabHealth
15% off a first appointment
Warrnambool
- Breakwater Fish Co.Food and drink
10% off, excluding public holidays
- Liebig Street ButchersShops
10% off orders over $50
- May Racing Week ApartmentsStay
10% off outside the May carnival
For businesses
Why a country business joins
Members live locally and come back. A merchant gets repeat local footfall, and named promotion to the whole member base when they supply a prize. Admiral buys prize stock at cost rather than asking for donations, so there is no barter arrangement to account for and no argument about how the prize is presented.