Frost is now unsure what the immediate future holds for Redefine.
"If he ran badly today he'd have gone out," she said.
"In the central districts there aren't any Rating 85 races for him, I could see if there's an open race somewhere."
Perfect Harmonee raced outside the leader and he fought valiantly in the straight, only to come up short by a nose at the post.
Third placegetter Dougie ran up expectations in his first appearance since winning over 2200m at Ellerslie on Boxing Day.
Trainer Peter Lock said the four-year-old had worked particularly well during the week.
The well-fancied Manhattan Street ran fourth after having his chance and Casaquinman battled in the ground and was next home.
He had won his previous two starts on better ground and will now be spelled, according to trainer Shane Brown.
- NZ Racing Desk
