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Histoires De Carres > Autumn-Winter 2016

Built for the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900, the Grand Palais hosted equestrian competitions beneath its magnificent glass dome until 1957. Hermes revived this tradition with the first Saut Hermes at the Grand Palais in 2010, and continues to invite the world's show-jumping elite to this annual event which was given 5-star status, the International Federation for Equestrian Sport's highest classification. Boldness, respect, striving for excellence... the values of this sport are vividly conveyed in Cyrille Diatline's design, based on an image by the photographer Lucio Landa. Here, Super Sox, ridden by Lillie Keenan, seems to fly over the obstacle.