Brett Kroeger of East Hampton won Sunday's Hampton Classic/WLIU 88.3 FM National Anthem Contest with her rendition of "Over the Rainbow.”

At a public morning-singing competition during opening day at the Bridgehampton horse event, Kroeger sang the song made famous by Judy Garland and beat six other finalists. She won the opportunity to sing "The Star Spangled Banner” during a midday featured event, a speed jumping competition called the $20,000 Nicolock Time Challenge. In addition, Kroeger, who has been a resident artist at Manhattan's Dicapo Opera Theatre for the past two years, won a gift certificate and collection of CDs. Each finalist won four one-week passes to the 32nd Hampton Classic Horse Show, which ends Sept. 2.

Singer Lee Oliver Tucker of Hampton Bays came in as a close second, and the judges requested that Tucker sing the anthem another day. The Classic receives extensive coverage on radio station WLIU, at WVVH-TV and at www.wvvh.tv.

-- Aileen Jacobson