The Quorn Hunt was founded in 1696, by Mr. Thomas Boothby of Tooley Park, Leicestershire although hunting the fox had taken place on a more informal basis prior to that date. The Hunt takes it's name from the village of Quorn, where the hounds were kennelled from 1753 until 1904.
The Quorn is perhaps the most famous hunt in Great Britain, and it is known far outside the work of foxhunting. It attracts many visitors for the both the UK and internationally.
The area covered by the Quorn stretches roughly from a few miles south of Nottingham in the north, to the Leicester City boundary, in the south and from Ashby de la Zouch in the west to Melton Mowbray in the east.
The terrain of the Quorn varies widely from the rolling open country on the eastern side, to the heavily wooded stone wall uplands of Charnwood Forest; the end of the Pennine Chain.
Hunting takes place throughout the autumn and winter months, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Due to the open rolling, nature of the country hunted on Mondays and Fridays, these are the most popular days, attracting between a 100 and 150 mounted followers on each day, and double that number in motor cars, on bicycles and on foot. On Tuesdays there are usually 30 mounted followers, while Saturdays average 70 riders.
There are some 804 farmers in the Quorn Country. who allow the hunt over their land regularly, and without their active co-operation hunting could not continue.
"The thrill of riding a pack of hounds, on a good horse with the Quorn cannot be surpassed." Johnathan Inglesant