Notable Progeny
s = stallion, m = mare
| Foaled | Name | Sex | Major Wins |
| 1773 | Pot-8-Os | s | Clermont Cup (x3), Jockey Club Plate (x3), Newmarket Whip (x2), Craven Stakes |
| 1774 | Jupiter | s | |
| 1774 | Satellite | s | Guildford King's Plate, Winchester King's Plate |
| 1775 | King Fergus | s | |
| 1778 | Joe Andrews | s | |
| 1778 | Mercury | s | Lewes King's Plate |
| 1778 | Young Eclipse | s | Epsom Derby |
| 1780 | Dungannon | s | Craven Stakes |
| 1780 | Saltram | s | Epsom Derby |
| 1780 | Volunteer | s | Cumberland Subscription Stakes |
| 1781 | Serjeant | s | Epsom Derby |
| 1782 | Alexander | s | |
| 1784 | Annette | m | Epsom Oaks |
| 1784 | Don Quixote | s | |
| 1784 | Pegasus | s | Macaroni Stakes |
Eclipse's daughters produced Archduke, Chanticleer, Haphazard, John Bull, Meteora, Phoenomenon, Skyscraper, Stamford, Tartar, Weasel, and Remembrancer.
He was never the leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland, although he finished in second place 11 times, usually behind Herod. The Royal Veterinary College determined in 1970 that nearly 80% of Thoroughbred racehorses had Eclipse in their pedigree. That percentage has naturally increased with time and the inevitable inbreeding in the Thoroughbred population. More recently, it has been estimated that Eclipse is not only somewhere in the pedigree, but a tail-male ancestor of "95pc of contemporary thoroughbreds" or of "nearly every living thoroughbred."
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