The excited winner was out developing his new 1200 hectare property at Mt Larcom, when he received the call that the brown gelding AACC Smokey was heading his way.

Mr Hobbs and his family moved from South Africa last year and plan to build up a stud of South African Tuli cattle.

"We've just bought a property near Mt Larcom and were thinking of getting a horse," Mr Hobbs said.

"We're going to breed Tuli cattle - a smaller breed than the Brahman but just as hardy.

"They are known as the hardy Angus. They have short hair and are a medium framed animal."

The Hobbs family bred Tuli cattle in South Africa and are currently investigating the options for the breed in Australia.

"I know the CSIRO introduced Tuli in the 1990s and we're hoping to breed from them as importing samples from South Africa is very difficult due to disease management," Mr Hobbs said.

Work is currently being carried out on the homestead at the Mt Larcom property with the aim of moving in and setting up the stud by mid-year.

"I'm busy working on the farmhouse right now so we've got somewhere to stay and then we'll start working on the fences.

"However the horse paddock will be priority now."

Mr Hobbs' entry was drawn from a staggering 15,000 entries in the ever popular competition held in conjunction with Queensland Country Life and the Australian Agricultural College Corporation.

AACC Smokey is valued at $6000 and was prepared by the students of the Longreach Agricultural College under the watchful eye of instructor John Arnold.