Paul Nicholls has set his sights on cracking the £3million prizemoney barrier for the third time in his career after revealing he expects many of his big names to be in action at next month ’ s Grand National meeting at Aintree . Paul Nicholls will run some of his biggest names at next month 's Grant National meeting at Aintree . The man who has his ninth trainer ’ s title as good as in the bag also revealed he is likely to have more runners during the summer months in an attempt kick-start stable jockey Sam Twiston-Davies ’ title challenge in the post-AP McCoy era . Definitely not heading to Aintree are Champion Chase winner Dodging Bullets and Coral Cup victor Aux Ptits Soins , who have run their last races of the season . But Aintree-bound are Silviniaco Conti , a disappointing seventh beind Coneygree in the Gold Cup , as well as World Hurdle second and third Zarkandar and Saphir Du Rheu , with the latter possibly reverting back to steeplechasing . Nicholls ’ Grand National challenge is headed by Rocky Creek and Unioniste , whose Denman Chase third when trying to give weight to Gold Cup winner Coneygree at Newbury last month now looks a fair effort . Nicholls , whose double at Kempton on Saturday following his three successes at the Cheltenham Festival took him to 97 winners and £2.63million for the campaign , said : ‘ I love going to Aintree and the aim is to crack the £3m in prizemoney . There is a long way to go in the season yet . It would be nice to do that . ‘ But there are a lot of horses I will finish now and save for next year . We want to help Sam be champion jockey . Anything a bit below top class could run on through the summer to try to get him as many winners before we properly get going . Silviniaco Conti ( right ) , a disapponting seventh in the Betfrd Gold Cup , will line up at Aintree . ‘ Last year we had a very slow start and Sam only had five winners for us by October. ’ Whether Silviniaco Conti runs in another Gold Cup has yet to be decided but after a third defeat in the race , Nicholls knows his priority with the gelding will be trying to win a third King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day . Nicholls , who revealed RSA Chase runner-up Southfield Theatre has underone an operation to prevent infection in the bad leg cut he picked up during the race , added : ’ The plan with Silviniaco Conti will be Aintree if he is alright . He likes it there and I have to accept now he is better on a flat track . World Hurdle second place-getter Zarkandar ( pictured ) and stablemate Saphir Du Rheu will also run . ‘ Noel ( Fehily ) said he didn ’ t travel well throughout the Gold Cup although watching , it looked like he did . I think Coneygree got a lot of them out of their comfort zone . It is what Denman used to do to them. ’ ‘ We will have to think about what to do but next season will be built around the Betfair Chase and King George without a shadow of a doubt. ’ Meanwhile , although Mark Bradstock-trained Coneygree has run his last race of the season , younger brother Flintham could represent the family in the three-mile novices ’ hurdle at the National meeting . : .
Paul Nicholls could hit £3million prizemoney barrier for the third time . Silviniaco Conti , Zarkandar and Saphir Du Rheu set to run at Aintree . Nicholls ’ Grand National challenge headed by Rocky Creek and Unioniste .