[2] In 2019, Babington was paralyzed from the neck down following a fall at the Hampton Classic Horse Show.
[3][4] Babington was born in 1968 in Clonmel, County Tipperary,[1] the youngest of eleven children.
[1] The following year, he moved to the United States to become a professional show jumper.
[1][3] After working as an instructor at a summer camp,[5] he moved to New Jersey, setting up his own business.
[1] In 2001, he was part of the Irish team that won gold at the European Championships,[1] before finishing in eighth place at the FEI World Equestrian Games a year later.