The complete opposite

So today was totally the opposite approach. The goal was a longer neck, so even when Trudi went around with her head held high and snorting and skittering, I was to try and sit deep and not shorten my reins. It was very hard and very frustrating. There was a lot of halting, and my job was to keep her from getting too quick and to try and sit deep (ack, nowhere to sit...) and keep my leg under me, keep her from overbending the neck, and encouraging her to stretch out, and keep my hands over her withers, and wait. It sucks to try and sit a horse like that, I'm not gonna lie. I pretty much wanted to cry when we started trotting and I felt like I was sliding off the back of the saddle and/or hovering over the seat by 3-4 inches. But eventually, she began to settle, and the left hind was totally fine- there was no issue. The trot, when she settled (which might only be for a quarter circle) was outstanding.
I almost got dumped today- walking on a long rein, she spooked at something and jumped almost her body length forward from underneath me. I swore and scrambled back into the saddle- thankfully it was just the giant leap and then she was over it. Still, it's the closest I've come to falling off in a long time... I was thinking I'd never live that down.
"Gee, what were you doing when you fell off your horse?"
"Uh, walking on a long rein."
Found a used kk ultra eggbutt on ebay for $50 - hope she likes it and I won't have to replace any more bits for a while...