Although the Spigot Lodge handler has yet to taste Classic glory in Britain, he saddled Laurens to land the 2018 French Oaks before Fallen Angel ran out a brilliant winner of last year’s Irish 1,000 Guineas.
The lightly-raced Convergent heads across Europe with leading claims, having confirmed the promise of a couple of low-key wins at Redcar by finishing third behind subsequent dual Derby winner Lambourn and the Epsom runner-up and Curragh third Lazy Griff in the Chester Vase in May.
Burke said: “I’m looking forward to seeing him run. He’s a progressive horse, we think he’s a really nice horse with a big future in front of him, so hopefully he can prove that on Sunday.
“We missed Royal Ascot because of the ground – he’d have gone there if it had been a bit slower ground. They say the ground is beautiful in Hamburg with a lovely covering of grass and we’ve got a reasonable draw (stall seven), so all things being equal he should run a big race.”
Reflecting on his Chester performance, the trainer added: “It wasn’t the plan to make the running there, I know making the running can help at Chester but he’s a big, raw horse and because nothing wanted to go forward we ended up in front.
“I wouldn’t say it was a huge disadvantage, but he’ll be a better horse with a lead and I think we’d have finished closer again if we’d been tracking them rather than them tracking us.”
Convergent is the sole British raider in a field of 18 runners.
