Pictures Of The Day

THE QUEEN’S SPEECH.  Andrew Lynch riding Sizing Europe didn't stumble over a single word, or anything else for that matter, winning The Stan Sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham racecourse on March 16, 2011 in Cheltenham, England.  His connections were happy to say the least.  ( Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images Europe)

SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT.  Chickens and roosters take part in a “laughing” contest in Makassar, Indonesia.  About 1,600 of the birds were involved in the contest, judged for “melodious crowing,” which according to the event organizers sounded the most like human laughter.  The contest’s finale is a BBQ.  They eat the losers, then they eat the winners…Just kidding. (Photo by Yusuf Ahmad/Reuters)

THANKS, BIG GUY. Bradford Burgess #20 of the Virginia Commonwealth Rams gives props to the Man upstairs at the end of the game after defeating the USC Trojans during the first round of the 2011 NCAA men's basketball tournament at UD Arena on March 16, 2011 in Dayton, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)