Eclypso's father Escudo I, winner of the stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf and winner of the German championships for young show jumpers, passes on his jumping talent to his offspring and has already several licensed stallions at the State Stud in Celle.

Besides Calypso II, the prominent sire of the motherline, Eclypso's pedigree also shows English thoroughbred via Waldhorn by Waidmannsdank xx and Lugano II by Der Löwe xx as well as the Trakehner Abglanz. The great-grandmother Wohltessa is by Wohlklang whose dam is by Der Löwe xx.

Eclypso was second at the regional foal show of the Lüneburger Bezirksverband in Uelzen. He was then sold to the State Stud of Celle and raised at the Stud for yound stallions in Hunnesrück.

In Oktober 2002 he finished his stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf with a final score of 100 and was thus licensed.

Afterwards he was sold to Switzerland, came back later to Germany where he placed in 2004 and 2005 in 30 jumping competitions (level A to M). In 2005 he was sold to Mexico.