Ace's First breeding

I’ve been wanting since June to share some exciting news with you about Ace but felt it was premature to start talking about it.
Now that summer is behind us, I feel more comfortable sharing that Joe and I have given Ace the opportunity to become our first herdsire.
Yep, we’re planning on having some cria next summer.
This is a new experience for him and us.
As Ace was approaching his 3rd birthday, he showed signs that he’s mature enough to get the job done:  

• When Ace was nose-to-nose with a female over the fence, he would begin orgling (a vocalization telling the female he’s ready to mate).  We call it his “love song.”
  
• He would try mounting Baxter or Rocky, who were not thrilled with Ace’s overtures - LOL.
  

This is new for us because a) we’ve not done breeding on our farm before, and b) we didn’t have a breeding male up until now.  
A few of the girls have been bred before (of course, that’s how Baxter, Ace, and Indie got here), but we would bring them to another farm that would take care of the breeding process for us.  
We were never fans of having the girls off farm for so long (at least a month) because we missed them. So, we knew one day we would attempt breeding ourselves when Ace was old enough.
We knew who we wanted to pair Ace with, and to our great fortune, the girls told us they were ready and interested as well.

​Needless to say, but we’re pretty excited about what’s in store next summer.