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We’ve found a couple to follow from Morphettville on Saturday.

Day one of the Adelaide carnival has come and gone. There were strong winners, a few upsets and plenty to get excited about.

Panova was one of the obvious standout performers and the J Mac and Waller polish shone through again. She ran to 109+ on the Racing and Sports scale, which puts her on the higher end for average winners of the Group 1 Australasian Oaks. The filly put them away at the end of the 2000m, scoring by a length but finishing full of running. The sectionals suggest she could have won by more. Connections have not confirmed their next move, but the Group 1 Queensland Oaks over 2200 metres on June 6 is there for the taking and the extra trip looks ideal, though she would only need to hold her form to sit above the average winning rating from the last 10 years.

The other runner worth adding to the blackbook is the exciting filly Extragalactic, who was superb in the Group 2 Tobin Bronze Stakes (1200m) a race earlier. The Deep Field filly was left with more than five lengths to make up at the turn but unleashed the powerful finish we are becoming used to, charging into second a length behind Tycoon Star.

She will almost certainly stay in South Australia for the next two weeks and line up in the Group 1 Goodwood Handicap over the same journey on May 9. She will get in on the minimum and, if they roll along as expected, she will be a major player.