Harness racing is full of down-to-earth people, which is no more evident than in the story of Andrew Lydeamore and Terry Sinclair.

Amid adversity the trots enthusiasts have formed a special bond, which they shared today with listeners on SENTrack's TrotsLife.

The connection began when Sinclair joined host Toby McKinnon on TrotsLife in May last year and talked about his then first starter Plain Ed and how a multiple sclerosis diagnosis changed his life. 

“They could stop me from doing everything else, but they couldn’t stop me from jogging my horse,” Sinclair said.

After the program aired another trots lover Andrew Lydeamore (pictured centre), who also has multiple sclerosis, reached out to Sinclair.

Lydeamore was a fit and firing cricketer and trots devotee with a young family when in August 2013 he was suddenly diagnosed with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. By 2020 he was unable to walk but is still seen at many race meetings at Hamilton, Horsham and Mount Gambier with his family in tow.

After the radio segment Sinclair and Lydeamore struck up a friendship through social media and in March this year, when the latter said he was planning a week’s holiday in Bacchus Marsh, near Terry’s home town of Comaidai, Sinclair interjected.

“We told Terry about it and he goes, 'I have done some work (at the accommodation) and it is not suitable'," Lydeamore said. "You, Emma and the five kids are staying here, end of story.”

Like many friendships that have developed through the trots, one very special connection has been forged by two people that are just down-to-earth blokes with like-minded interests, and a hurdle they are both sailing over.

TROTSLIFE: CLICK BELOW TO HEAR SINCLAIR AND LYDEAMORE SHARE THEIR STORY

Next Monday (May 30) is World MS Day and carries a theme of connections.

MS Australia CEO Rohan Greenland also joined TrotsLife today and outlined how multiple sclerosis affected 25,600 Australians and had varying degrees of symptoms.

“For many people with MS, life can be very challenging,” Mr Greenland said. “The symptoms can be very severe and some of them are hidden symptoms, like crippling fatigue, cognitive disfunctions, bowel and bladder problems, and others are more visible in terms of people with walking difficulty, for example.”

TROTSLIFE: CLICK BELOW TO HEAR FROM MS AUSTRALIA CEO ROHAN GREENLAND